the Exorcism of Clarita and revival in the Philippines.
The exorcism of Clarita Villanueva by Pastor Lester Sumrall at the Bilibid prison: The first documented demonic possession in the Philippines
Clarita Villanueva was an orphan from Bacolod. Her mother made money out of witchcraft and fortune-telling until she died when she was still young. Clarita felt unloved and decided to work in Manila as a maid in 1950. She eloped with a man who turned out to be married. She left him and became a club dancer.
Clarita decided to watch a late-night movie and walk home alone; police saw and arrested her for prostitution. At 17 years old, she was jailed for vagrancy at the 300-year-old Bilibid prison.
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“The Thing”
On May 9, 1953, Clarita and the other inmates were disturbed by pebbles pelted in the carcel. When she was about to sleep, ‘the thing’ perched on a beam, then jumped and sat on top of Clarita. She screeched as small invisible creatures started biting her. Bite marks began to appear.
She described one entity as a 10-foot tall, dark man with curly hair all over his body and a big mustache. Interestingly, the creature had an angelic face.
MAYOR ARSENIO LACSON
Clarita was summoned to the Mayor’s office. She was calm and sat beside the Mayor. Suddenly, she laughed as if being tickled by someone and then screeched in terror. She said “things” were taking turns biting her. According to testimonies, the bite marks on her neck and hand were still moist with saliva.
The Mayor himself restrained her hands, yet she insisted someone was biting her finger. When she was told to draw their faces, her pencil flew away. They called on the chaplain, Father Benito Vargas, but he only agreed to be an observer.
Doctors at the ‘Old Bilibid Hospital’ also helped, but they, too, were at a loss.
The news quickly spread after the Manila Police Department’s medical examiner, Dr. Mariano Lara, appealed for help through the newspaper. Villanueva’s story went viral, but only an “espiritista” came to help.
Clarita’s death curse
DR. MANUEL RAMOS
