Philippines capital hosts a centre to train priests and clergy in exorcism
A Manila-based psychiatrist, Dr Kathryn Tan, says given the choice between an exorcist and a mental health professional, many in the heavily Catholic country will choose the former.
Father Jose Francisco Syquia says the St Michael Centre for Spiritual Liberation and Exorcism, which opened five months ago, was built because "cases were piling up".
Tan says she keeps an "open mind" about the supernatural and that it is not surprising when people seek spiritual explanations for something they cannot readily define.
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