Exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger: Possessed Politicians, Occult Activity, and Speaking to Satan Himself

TL;DR

Fr. Ripperger explains demonic possession, occult pacts, and how demons operate, drawing from 18 years of exorcism experience.

Key Points

• 1.Demons are fallen angels, not supernatural but 'preternatural.' One-third of angels fell according to Revelation; their wills became permanently fixed in malice after rejecting God's assigned tasks with full knowledge.
• 2.23% of the Gospels involve Christ dealing with demons. Jesus's first miracle in Mark is casting out a demon, and he commissioned apostles to do the same — making exorcism central, not peripheral, to Christianity.
• 3.Psychology's rise caused exorcism to nearly disappear in the U.S. Pre-1960s every major Catholic diocese had an exorcist; by the 50s–60s, atheist psychologists dismissed all such cases as mental illness, collapsing the mentorship tradition.
• 4.Demons have infused knowledge and answer theological questions instantly. Ripperger described a high-school-educated woman's possessing demon distinguishing Latin theological terms like 'consummatum' vs. 'finitum' — impossible for the person to know.
• 5.Morphing — faces and bodies physically changing — occurs in ~90% of cases. Teams of witnesses see the same transformations: cherrywood-colored skin, eyes rolling back, women's faces morphing into masculine appearances during prayer.
• 6.Demons attack exorcists by manipulating imagination and emotional perspective. Every attack reveals the demon's psychology, which experienced exorcists use against them; demons therefore avoid engaging skilled exorcists when possible.
• 7.Five demonic generals under Satan are said to have claimed territorial authority over the U.S. Baal (fornication), Asmodeus (male homosexuality), Lilith and Leviathan (female homosexuality), and Baphomet/Moloch (child sacrifice/abortion) — each linked to specific legalized behaviors.
• 8.Occult pacts with demons rarely deliver promised power. Because demons require Christ's permission for all actions, they cannot guarantee contract terms; Ripperger has seen people become fully possessed after entering pacts while receiving nothing in return.
• 9.Demons can be identified by name, enabling historical and mythological research. Ripperger identified Loki (mischief/chaos), the Noonday Devil (midlife crisis/spiritual sloth), and Asmodeus across multiple possessed individuals; names match their classical mythological profiles exactly.
• 10.Severing demonic connections can eliminate unwanted ideation. In one case, a married heterosexual man with unexplained homosexual thoughts was freed after Ripperger prayed to sever the link between the Noonday Devil and Asmodeus.
• 11.Ripperger founded an exclusive exorcism society in 2011 at Bishop Slattery's request. Of approximately 130–140 U.S. bishops' mandated exorcists today, he estimates only 20–25 are competent — up from five capable practitioners when he started 18 years ago.
• 12.Title mentions 'possessed politicians' but the transcript never addresses this claim directly. The discussion covers demonic influence on society and institutions broadly, but no specific politicians or political possession cases are named or detailed.