The EWTN News portal reports on a civil lawsuit filed by “Father” Carlos Martins, host of the podcast “The Exorcist Files,” against lay commentators Jesse Romero and Kyle Clement, associates of “Father” Chad Ripperger. The dispute centers on whether Martins holds a valid appointment as an exorcist within the post-conciliar structures. The Companions of the Cross, Martins’ religious community, clarified in an email that he “has not been appointed as an exorcist by a particular diocese” but acts “by request of the corresponding bishop.” Romero allegedly truncated this quote on his “Jesus 911” podcast, claiming Martins’ own Order says he is not an exorcist. A US District Judge denied a motion to dismiss, allowing the defamation case to proceed. This sordid spectacle of pseudo-clerics dragging one another before Caesar’s tribunal over fabricated “credentials” in a simulated ministry exposes the total collapse of ecclesiastical authority in the conciliar sect.
The Jurisdiction of Caesar Over the Altar of Baal
The most glaring scandal is not the alleged defamation, but the forum chosen for its adjudication. A “priest” of the neo-church invokes the coercive power of the secular state — the imperium of the Masonic republic — to defend his “reputation” as an exorcist. Quod aliud est quam prostituere sancta? (What is this but to prostitute holy things?) The Codex Iuris Canonici of 1917, Canon 120, forbids clerics from pleading before civil courts in spiritual matters without the Holy See’s permission. But there is no Holy See in the Vatican; there is only the abomination of desolation (Matt. 24:15). The “priest” Martins seeks “unspecified damages” for lost book sales, advertisers, and “dendritic atrophy” of the brain. The cure of souls has been reduced to a commercial brand, the munus of the exorcist to a podcast metric. Non est haec domus orationis, spelunca latronum facta est (This house of prayer has been made a den of thieves — Matt. 21:13).
The Nullity of the New Rite Exorcism
The entire controversy presupposes the validity of the post-conciliar “Rite of Exorcism” promulgated by the antipope Paul VI in 1961 (revised 1999 under Wojtyla). This rite, stripped of the exorcizamus te imperatives, the breathings (exsufflatio), the signing of the senses, and the rigorous interrogation of the demon, is a novelty fabricated by Modernists to accommodate the “dialogue” with the world. The true Roman Ritual (De Exorcismis et Supplicationibus Quibusdam, 1614) binds by immutable tradition. Any “exorcism” performed in the vernacular, without the traditional formulas, without the stola and manipulus, without the faculty from a true bishop (ordained in the pre-1968 rite), is a simulacrum, a theatrical performance that endangers the possessed and mocks the Devil. As St. Pius X teaches in Pascendi Dominici Gregis, the Modernist “eliminates the supernatural.” The new rite does exactly that. Whether Martins or Ripperger holds a piece of paper from a “bishop” of the neo-church is irrelevant; both operate in a vacuum of grace.
Companions of the Cross: A Fruit of the Conciliar Revolution
Martins belongs to the “Companions of the Cross,” founded in 1985 by “Fr.” Bob Bedard in Ottawa. This community is a quintessential product of the “New Pentecost” — charismatic, ecumenical, oriented toward “evangelization” in the Protestant sense. Their “Treasures of the Church” ministry parades relics like carnival attractions, fostering superstitio rather than religio. The community’s email admits Martins lacks diocesan appointment — a tacit admission that in the neo-church, “faculties” are granted by “bishops” who themselves lack jurisdiction (Canon 109, 1917 Code: Episcopus non canonice ordinatus non potest valide conferre iurisdictionem). The “bishop” who “requests” Martins’ services is a Novus Ordo functionary, ordained in the invalid Paul VI rite of 1968, devoid of the potestas ordinis and potestas iurisdictionis. Ex nihilo nihil fit (From nothing, nothing comes).
Ripperger and the Indult Trap
The defendants shelter under “Father” Chad Ripperger, a figurehead of the indult/traditionalist ghetto (FSSP/Doloran Fathers). Ripperger operates within the canonical fiction of the “Ecclesia Dei” commission, explicitly recognizing the usurper in the Vatican as legitimate “pope.” This is the schisma in schismate — a schism within the schism of the neo-church. Ripperger’s “Liber Christo” training program issues its own “certifications” in “deliverance ministry,” aping the very credentialism they condemn in Martins. The defendants’ formal answer states: “It is Defendants’ strongly held belief that Plaintiff is not an exorcist… describing the priest’s ‘traveling across the United States to perform exorcisms’ as ‘both improper and out of the ordinary.'” This is the pot calling the kettle black. Ripperger’s own “exorcisms” under the new rite, or even the 1962 rite (itself a truncated version by John XXIII), performed under the authority of “bishops” in communion with the antipope, are sacrilegious nullities. St. Bellarmine teaches: “Manifestus haereticus ipso facto cessat esse Papa et caput” (A manifest heretic ceases ipso facto to be Pope and head). The “bishops” of the neo-church are manifest heretics (religious liberty, ecumenism, new Mass); they possess zero jurisdiction. Ripperger knows this yet remains in communion with them. Qui cum haereticis communicat, haereticus fit (He who communicates with heretics becomes a heretic).
The Linguistic Decay: “Podcast,” “Brand,” “Advertisers”
The article’s vocabulary reveals the naturalistic reduction of the sacred. “Podcast,” “book launch,” “advertisers,” “listeners,” “speaking engagements,” “event coordinator,” “scheduling conference.” The lingua novae ecclesiae is the language of the marketplace. The “National Catholic Register” (a propaganda arm of the Legionaries of Christ/Regnum Christi nexus) frames this as a “defamation case” rather than a canonical crime. The judge, a secular magistrate, parses an email from a fake religious community to determine if a fake priest is a fake exorcist. Risum teneatis, amici? (Can you hold back your laughter, friends? — Horace). The “priest” fears “people believe him to be a fraud, who is not worthy of the priesthood.” He is a fraud, because the Novus Ordo “priesthood” is a fraud — the 1968 ordinal omits the essential form for the sacerdotium (Accipe Spiritum Sanctum… cuius peccata remiseris), rendering it invalid per Leo XIII’s Apostolicae Curae. No valid orders = no priesthood = no exorcist. Q.E.D.
Theological Bankruptcy: Silence on the Supernatural
Nowhere in the article — nor in the podcasts, nor the lawsuit — is there mention of: the state of grace of the exorcist; the necessity of sacramental confession (traditional rite) before the rite; the fasting and prayer (Matt. 17:20); the authority of Christ the King over demons (Quas Primas, Pius XI: “Christ reigns in the minds of men… in the wills of men… in the hearts of men”); the social reign of Christ as the prerequisite for the Church’s power over Satan. Pius XI teaches: “When God and Jesus Christ were removed from laws and states… the foundations of that authority were destroyed”. The neo-church has removed Christ from the public order; its “exorcists” are mercenaries fighting without a King. The “deliverance ministry” of Ripperger and Martins is Pelagian activism — man attempting by technique what only God grants through the sacerdos alter Christus in union with the Ecclesia militans.
Canonical Absurdity: “Appointment by a Particular Diocese”
The Companions of the Cross email states: “Fr. Carlos has not been appointed as an exorcist by a particular diocese… however, due to his travels, he has been involved in exorcisms with the appropriate permission and or by request of the corresponding bishop.” This is canonical anarchy. Canon 1151 (1917 Code): “Exorcismam solemnem non liceat quisquam facere nisi cum licentia Ordinarii loci” (No one may perform solemn exorcism without permission of the local Ordinary). But the “Ordinarius” must be a true bishop. The “bishops” of the neo-church are intrusi (usurpers), appointed by antipopes. Their “permission” is nulla et irrita (null and void). Furthermore, a priest “traveling across the United States” to perform exorcisms extra propria dioecesim without stable faculty is a vagus (wandering cleric), forbidden by Canon 131. The neo-church has no dioceses, no ordinaries, no canons — only administrative units of a paramasonic NGO.
The Symptom: Litigation as the New Martyrdom
Martins claims “severe emotional distress,” “dendritic atrophy,” “cognitive abilities permanently diminished.” This is the therapeutic language of the anti-Church. The true exorcist, like the Curé of Ars or St. Padre Pio (the true stigmatist, not the Capuchin showman of San Giovanni Rotondo), suffers for souls in silence, in cruce salus. The modernist “exorcist” sues for “lost advertisers.” The defendants deny defamation but affirm their “strongly held belief” — sententia probabilis replacing fides divina. This is the fruit of Vatican II’s Dignitatis Humanae: religious truth reduced to subjective opinion, defended in civil court. The “Doloran Fathers” (Ripperger’s society) accept a “moratorium on public speaking” from “Archbishop” Golka of Denver — a layman in episcopal vestments — showing their submission to the usurper’s chain of command.
Conclusion: Flee the Synagogue of Satan
This lawsuit is a divine judgment manifesting the inner rot of the conciliar sect. Two factions of the same false church — the “charismatic” neo-modernists (Martins/EWTN) and the “traditionalist” neo-modernists (Ripperger/FSSP) — devour each other over the carcass of a simulated ministry. The faithful must flee both (Fugite de medio Babylonis — Jer. 51:6). There is no valid exorcism outside the Una, Sancta, Catholica et Apostolica Ecclesia subsisting in the remnant faithful adhering to the Tridentine Mass, the Roman Ritual, the 1917 Code, and the Sede Vacante reality since 1958. The true exorcist is the validly ordained priest, in a state of grace, acting with the faculty of a true bishop, using the immutable rites of the Church. All else is theatrical demonology, a psychological operation of the Prince of this World to distract from the apostasy of the hierarchy. Vade retro, Satana — and take your lawsuits, podcasts, and “credentials” with you.
Source:
‘Exorcist Files’ priest sues Catholic commentators who questioned his credentials (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 21.10.2026