Anneliese Michel

Logically thinking vs. superstition.

Who is Anneliese Michel?
Anneliese Michel (21 September 1952 1 July
1976)the who had an epileptic deseased, was a
German Catholic woman who underwent an exorcism
and died in the same year because of stopping
medical and psychiatric intervention, the
investigation and court case which followed
attracted public attention, and the film The
Exorcism of Emily Rose is loosely based on her.
Born in German. The caused of dead had been told
for starvation and dehydration. Religion Christian.
She also known for supposed demonic possession and
death after exorcism.
What is exorcism?
The ritual to remove some possessions in
someone body like demons or ghosts. The
person who did the ritual must have a higher
knowledge of religion, like father or priest.
The Priest.
The priest who did the exorcism on her is
Ernst Alt, whom they met, on seeing her
declared that she who didn't "look like
epileptic" person and that he didn't see
her having seizures.
Anneliese Michel's death.
On 1 July 1976, Michel died in her home. The
autopsy report stated the cause was
malnutrition and dehydration because of being
in a semi-starvation state for almost a year
while the rites of exorcism were performed.
She weighed 30 kilograms (68 pounds) and the
previous day, she had broken knees due to the
continuous genuflections and was unable to
move without assistance, and was reported to
have been suffering from pneumonia.
Trial.
The trial started on 30 March 1978 in the district
court and drew intense interest. Before the court,
the doctors testified that Michel was not possessed,
stating that this was a psychological effect because
of her strict religious upbringing and her epilepsy,
but the doctor Richard Roth, who was asked for
medical help by Alt, allegedly told her during the
exorcism, that. The priests were defended by lawyers
retained by the Church, and Schmidt-Leichner, who
defended the parents, claimed that the exorcism was
legal.
Aftermath.
After the trial, the parents asked the
authorities for permission to exhume the
remains of their daughter. The official
reason presented by the parents to
authorities was that Michel had been buried
in undue hurry in a cheap coffin. Almost two
years after the burial, on 25 February 1978,
her remains were replaced in a new oak
coffin lined with tin.