an exorcism

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My wife is from the Philippines, from a city of about 200,000, and during a Catholic charismatic prayer meeting a doctor from a wealthy family there gave this account to everyone. I am deliberately leaving all names out of this account.
The doctor said that he joined the Masons in that city, where there is an elite group of Masons made up of wealthy people. During their rites he trampled on a crucifix. which he later believed was responsible for what happened next. His daughter became possessed by a demon, though he himself didn’t believe in them until then. It was obvious that she was possessed because she had superhuman strength, her voice would change into the deep voice of a man, and her appearance altered so that her eyes became red. A Catholic priest in that diocese exorcised her, and when he asked what its name was, the girl uttered a strange name.
After this the doctor and his wife converted. His wife started a Marian association of women who have great devotion to Mary and who go together to mass every day and pray for priests, and for other causes. They now have a chapel in their family compound, and while their family compound was closed before, guarded by an armed guard, he opened his place, letting Catholic groups meet in the auditorium there without charge.
My wife knows the daughter who was possessed, and the daughter joined Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, and after she was professed, was sent to Africa to take care of the poorest of the poor.
 
I am former Mason. I had taken all 3 degrees of “regular” Masonry (Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason) and the first degree of an concordant Masonic body known as the Royal Arch.

I never saw anything during my time as Mason that was sacraligeous or blasphemous (well, if you except that fact that all prayers are NOT offered in Jesus’ name, since you cannot mention Jesus in lodge.)

That being said, there are many degrees outside of regular Masonry…there are the rest of them in the Royal Arch, as well as 32 degrees of Scottish Rite Masonry (and the 33rd invitation-only degree), the Knights Templar, Shriners, etc. I don’t have experience with those.

It is possible, however, that various lodges introduce innovations or entirely novel ceremonies that have nothing to do with Masonic ritual. See here: web.mit.edu/dryfoo/www/Masonry/Reports/NY-shoot-AP.html

There aren’t any Masonic rituals that include the use of a gun.
 
I was surprised to hear of this myself. Perhaps it is true in particular there? and has to do with the fact that the local bishop has forbidden the sacraments to anyone who joins the Masons and has forbidden any Mason to be buried from a church in his diocese.
I am former Mason. I had taken all 3 degrees of “regular” Masonry (Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason) and the first degree of an concordant Masonic body known as the Royal Arch.

I never saw anything during my time as Mason that was sacraligeous or blasphemous (well, if you except that fact that all prayers are NOT offered in Jesus’ name, since you cannot mention Jesus in lodge.)

That being said, there are many degrees outside of regular Masonry…there are the rest of them in the Royal Arch, as well as 32 degrees of Scottish Rite Masonry (and the 33rd invitation-only degree), the Knights Templar, Shriners, etc. I don’t have experience with those.

It is possible, however, that various lodges introduce innovations or entirely novel ceremonies that have nothing to do with Masonic ritual. See here: web.mit.edu/dryfoo/www/Masonry/Reports/NY-shoot-AP.html

There aren’t any Masonic rituals that include the use of a gun.
 
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