Vatican Denies Teaming With Discovery Channel For Real-Life Exorcism Series

DATELINE ZERO – A new show called “The Exorcist Files,” to air on the Discovery channel, has stirred up some controversy — and understandably so.

One huge problem: The Discovery Channel has claimed that they have collaborated with the Vatican in the production of the forthcoming television series. However according to multiple Vatican officials, the Church had no official involvement with the series and the Vatican does not even have a group of exorcists.

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Entertainment Weekly’s Inside TV had previously reported that “Discovery Channel is teaming with the Vatican for an unprecedented new series hunting the deadliest catch of all: Demons.” The Exorcist Files will recreate stories of real-life hauntings and demonic possession, allegedly drawn from secret Vatican “case files.”

“The Vatican is an extraordinarily hard place to get access to,” boasted Discovery President GM Clark Bunting to Entertainment Weekly. The article went on to express the network’s desire to take its partnership with the Church to the “next level – joining the Catholic investigators on live demon-purging ride-alongs.” Read more, from the full post at DATELINE ZERO.