Msgr. Rossetti resumes deliverance ministry after removal as DC exorcist
August 10, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: Msgr. Stephen Rossetti announced that he will conduct an online deliverance prayer session in September, months after Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington ended his ministry there.
Cardinal McElroy originally said that “statements made by Monsignor Rossetti linking UFOs to demonic presence and the [St. Michael] Center’s recent use of social media gravely undermine the Church’s very precise teaching on the devil, demons and exorcism.” The prelate later said that the dismissal ultimately “wasn’t touching on the question of UFOs” and that “my major objection is that I think the traditional role of an exorcist is a very private one. It’s a sacred one.”
Msgr. Rossetti remains a priest in good standing in his home Diocese of Syracuse, New York.
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