Father Jeremy Davies (born 1935), an English Roman Catholic priest whose parish is based around Old Hall Green in England is a former physician and also a leading exorcist. Father Davies was appointed exorcist of the Westminster Archdiocese, in Great Britain in 1987. In 1993 he co-founded, along with Father Gabriele Amorth and four others, the International Association of Exorcists which now has hundreds of members worldwide. His book, “Exorcism: Understanding Exorcism in Scripture and Practice” was published in 2008. In the book he warns against the New Age, the occult, promiscuity, homosexuality and pornography saying that involvement in these things can lead to dire spiritual consequences. Fr. Davies said, “Among the causes of homosexuality is a contagious demonic factor.” Fr. Davies continues: “Even heterosexual promiscuity is a perversion; and intercourse, which belongs in the sanctuary of married love, can become a pathway not only for disease but also for evil spirits.”
Much of what Fr. Davies argues is similar to the warnings I wrote about in my book: namely, that involvement in any sort of sexual deviancy, particularly homosexuality and pornography, can lead to demonic possession. For, as I discovered first hand, it’s rather easy for demons to jump into a porn viewer, directly from the pornography itself. Even in Scripture, there is precedence for demons moving from one entity to another: most famously in the case of the Gerasens demonic when Christ allowed the evil spirits to leave the victim and enter a herd of swine; a historical example is the Loudun France possessions at which the exorcist, a Fr. Jean-Joseph Surin, was eventually possessed himself; and the modern St. Louis case, which became the basis for “The Exorcist,” of a boy who becomes possessed after coming into contact with his occultist aunt. In my own experience, I stood by as rather inquisitive, but somewhat naive, boys from around the country came to San Francisco, got immediately exposed to hardcore porn, and then reemerged as rather frightening and sexually aggressive deviants. This metamorphosis was intensified for those who wandered into the porn industry as performers. For, many would-be porn actors go in as fairly apprehensive, even at times fearful, but, by the time they make their last film – which is usually of the sickest and most perverse possible nature, they are totally unrecognizable. In 1993, I will never forget hearing that Savannah, the biggest name in porn at the time, was doing a gangbang. At her peak, Savannah had always been very choosy about her film projects and who she starred with; now: she was being utterly degraded.
This descent into hell is due both to the desensitization process that is inherent in porn, but also to the evasive corroding of the moral center by the demonic forces that are all around us. In his authoritative “Interview with an Exorcist,” Fr. Jose Antonio Foreta explains: “…a demon can be at our side for a very long time, analyzing us and coming to know our particular weaknesses. He will then seek to tempt us at our weakest point.” Therefore, while we are looking at pornography, demons are watching us. They know what we like, and what arouses us. They even know what we find revolting. Slowly, by methodically twisting our minds, they will make the horrifying a thing of beauty. Because, as someone who was there, the demons attached to pornography are incredibly strong and perseverant. They exceed our darkest fits of perversity. The longer we stare at porn, the more power we give them. Yet, as with all demonic activity, they can also be readily done away with: through the Power of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In a later blog, I will describe some of the most effective weapons against the devil, which include: the Name of Our Savior, the Rosary, and the Prayer of St. Michael.