Malachi Martin

The Reverend Dr. Father Malachi Brendan Martin (July 23, 1921 ? July 27, 1999) was a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest who became a popular author and speaker upon various fringe topics such as exorcisms, Satanism, Liberation Theology, the Tridentine liturgy, obscure points of Catholic dogma and the geopolitical importance of The Pope, and those who allegedly wished to topple him. Martin was born in County Kerry, Ireland and studied at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. He was ordained on August 15, 1954. He was the private secretary of Cardinal Bea in Rome and lived and worked at the Vatican for many years. In 1965, Fr. Martin received a dispensation from all privileges and vows deriving from his service as a Jesuit and from priestly ordination.

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July 23 - 1921 - July 27 - 1999 - Roman Catholic - Jesuit - Priest - Exorcisms - Satanism - Liberation Theology - Tridentine - The Pope - Ireland - August 15 - 1954

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In his book Hostage to the Devil, he claimed to have assisted in several exorcisms while a priest. He was interviewed several times on the Art Bell radio program Coast to Coast AM and was a brother of the Irish historian FX Martin.

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Art Bell - Radio - Coast to Coast AM - FX Martin

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A book by Time Magazine´s Robert Blair Kaiser ("Clerical Error: A True Story", Continuum International Publishing Group, 2002) cast doubt upon much of what Martin wrote about himself and others. Supporters counter that his writings concerning exorcism are in line with similar writings by Father Gabriele Amorth, the current Roman Catholic exorcist of Rome.

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Time Magazine´s - Robert Blair Kaiser - Father Gabriele Amorth

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Martin's writings frequently present a dark, and often paranoid, view of the world, invoking at every turn, dark spirits and sodomites, demonic posession and cannabilism, lesbians and blasphemy, heresy and pedophilia, betrayal and conspiracy, satanism and human sacrifice, each being asserted as rife throughout the Catholic church, from its lowest levels to its highest. Despite this prevailing paranoia, his exposition can be forceful, with the appearance of considerable intelligence and authority, though, given its subject material, understandably devoid of wit.

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