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Reverend Dan Reehill, a pastor of St Edward Catholic School in Nashville, Tennessee, says he consulted with Vatican exorcists before making an unpopular decision.A Roman Catholic school in Tennessee has banished JK Rowling's universally popular series of Harry Potter novels from its library shelves after its pastor took exception to their portrayal of magic, warning the spells and curses the author describes are real and “risk conjuring evil spirits” when read.
The Reverend Dan Reehill explained his decision in an email to the parents of students at St Edward Catholic School in Nashville, declaring that he had consulted with exorcists in the US and at the Vatican before outlawing the seven-volume tale of the boy wizard’s career at Hogwarts and his battle against Lord Voldermort and the forces of darkness.
“These books present magic as both good and evil, which is not true, but in fact a clever deception. The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses and spells; which when read by a human being risk conjuring evil spirits into the presence of the person reading the text,” the Reverend Reehill wrote, apparently in all seriousness.
Rebecca Hammel, the superintendent of schools for the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, told The Tennessean that the Reverend Reehill had indeed sent the email and has the final say on the matter since the Catholic Church does not have an official position on Ms. Rowling’s best-selling series.
“Each pastor has canonical authority to make such decisions for his parish school,” she said. “He’s well within his authority to act in that manner.”
The school has recently opened a new library for its students, Ms. Hammel explained, prompting the faculty to reassess its catalogue.
“I know that in the process they were going through and kind of weeding out some of the content in hopes of sprucing it up and improving the circulation,” she said.
Ms. Hammel did say the school would not stand in the way of students reading Harry Potter at their parents’ discretion.
“Should parents deem that this or any other media to be appropriate we would hope that they would just guide their sons and daughters to understand the content through the lens of our faith,” Hammel said.
“We really don’t get into censorship in such selections other than making sure that what we put in our school libraries is age-appropriate materials for our classrooms.”
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Really? They're real? Someone must be using confundo on Trump then...
LOL. Vatican exorcists...
LOL. Vatican exorcists...
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The Pope and its Clergies are known for being racist against Wizards and Witches for millenniums.Really? They're real? Someone must be using confundo on Trump then...
LOL. Vatican exorcists...
this will just make kids more interested in reading the books all they have to do is find a pdf online or get it on their kindle and tada
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So if magic is real why I never got a letter from Hogwart?
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You sure you can find Platform 9¾?
So if magic is real why I never got a letter from Hogwart?
I already did, London is nice enough to label it this daysYou sure you can find Platform 9¾?
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GuestYeah sure, same with Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokémon.
Lmao it's 2019 and people are still giving the vatican/church this much power. Feels like we're moving backwards in time.
I love how religious schools know they're not giving enough education to their students for them to be able to differentiate fantasy from reality
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The world to these schools:
I went to a Christian middle and highs school and they banned Harry Potter books too LOL
I went to a Christian middle and highs school and they banned Harry Potter books too LOL
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Alohomora, now Satan is in your soul
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Lol. An adult told me the same time around 15 years ago
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is alcoholicI still DON'T have a latter from Hogwart
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i could've been a beauxbaton girl......
my life is yet an even bigger disapointment
my life is yet an even bigger disapointment
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