Exorcist in Jail

Former Romanian Orthodox priest Daniel Corogeanu (pictured here sporting an awesome beard and what appears to be a LARPer's costume) has lost his appeal and will be going to jail for the murder of 23-year-old nun Irina Cornici. Cornici had complained of hearing the devil's voice and though she had been treated for schizophrenia, Corogeanu and four nuns decided to take God's law into their own hands and subject her to a brutal exorcism ritual. Unlike in the movies, Corogeanu learned, chaining someone to a cross and denying her food and water doesn't result in cool pea soup vomit and backward spider walking. In fairness to the Russian Orthodox Church, they've condemned the ritual, and Corogeanu, who had dropped out halfway through his official priest training, had only been assigned to a church because of a lack of actual priests. Presumably, their usual job training routine includes instructions for how not to abduct and brutally murder the mentally ill. More details here.