“Demons are wary of talking and must be forced to speak. When demons are voluntarily chatty it's a trick to distract the exorcist. We must never ask useless questions out of curiosity. We but must interrogate with care. We always begin by asking for the demon's name.”

Source: "An Interview With Fr Gabriele Amorth - The Church's Leading Exorcist" (2001)

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