Tis_Bearself
Patron
As a leading Church expert on exorcisms, who worked in this area all day every day for years, I wouldn’t doubt that Fr. Amorth got called in to consult or help with a great many cases.
At the same time, publishing hype is publishing hype, and the man has passed away.
So I would not be too focused on a number in blurb text.
Edited to add, I note also this information from the Wiki article on Fr. Amorth:
*In October 2000, it was reported he had performed over 50,000 exorcisms (which ranged from “a few minutes” to “several hours” in length).[4] In March 2010, he said that the number had increased to 70,000 . By May 2013 he said he had performed 160,000 exorcisms in the course of his ministry.[6] Note that according to Father Amorth, each exorcism does not represent a victim of possession, but rather each exorcism is counted as a prayer or ritual alone, and some possession victims required hundreds of exorcisms.[7]
Edward Peters, a professor of canon law, finds Amorth’s claim to have personally performed 30000 exorcisms over 90 years “astounding”. Even accepting Amorth’s claim that only 94 of his 30000 exorcisms represented full-blown possession, that would have required roughly one case a month to be thoroughly examined and processed over nine years with hardly a break.[8] Amorth believes that a person may be possessed by more than one demon at once, sometimes numbering in the thousands, which is what accounts for the high number of reputed demons exorcised.*
At the same time, publishing hype is publishing hype, and the man has passed away.
So I would not be too focused on a number in blurb text.
Edited to add, I note also this information from the Wiki article on Fr. Amorth:
*In October 2000, it was reported he had performed over 50,000 exorcisms (which ranged from “a few minutes” to “several hours” in length).[4] In March 2010, he said that the number had increased to 70,000 . By May 2013 he said he had performed 160,000 exorcisms in the course of his ministry.[6] Note that according to Father Amorth, each exorcism does not represent a victim of possession, but rather each exorcism is counted as a prayer or ritual alone, and some possession victims required hundreds of exorcisms.[7]
Edward Peters, a professor of canon law, finds Amorth’s claim to have personally performed 30000 exorcisms over 90 years “astounding”. Even accepting Amorth’s claim that only 94 of his 30000 exorcisms represented full-blown possession, that would have required roughly one case a month to be thoroughly examined and processed over nine years with hardly a break.[8] Amorth believes that a person may be possessed by more than one demon at once, sometimes numbering in the thousands, which is what accounts for the high number of reputed demons exorcised.*
