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TO Michigan priest known Due to the main tours of religious relics and organize a podcast of exorcism, it has been accused after allegedly placing the hair of a teenager in his mouth and proceeding to float his teeth with him.
Father Carlos Martins, a member of The Catholic Church And the podcast coanfrerion “The Exorcist Files”, was accused of minor battery crime in Illinois for the incident in November.
The podcast “The Exorcist Files”, accompanied by a book with the same title, boasts of Martins’s ability as an expert in exorcism and conveys his personal stories.
The incident was unbalanced during a relic of the St. Jude tour in the parish of the Queen of the Apostles In Joliet, IllinoisIn November. 21, 2024.
Father Carlos Martins, who organizes the podcast “The Exorcist Files”, now faces charges in Illinois after allegedly getting the hair out of a teenager and using it to use teeth thread. (Joliet Police Department)
Martins “grabbed the hair” of a 13 -year -old girl and placed it “in her mouth” in a “dental thread motion,” according to the criminal complaint, reviewed by Fox News Digital.
The Joliet Police Department confirmed Fox News Digital that after the strange interaction, Martins proceeded to sit behind the teenager and “make a growl noise.”
After the interaction, the religious tour closed immediately, and the Local Police was called to the scene to intercede.
The priest was confronted by employees of the Diocese of Joliet, and told him that “it must start from our parish and outside our diocese.”
“In abundance of caution, the veneration of relic and night mass was canceled,” the Said diocese said in a statement.
“The Exorcist archives”, housed by Ryan Bethea and Father Carlos Martins, presents dramatic recreations of the Martins Case files. (Amazon.com)
Martins was prosecuted by the Joliet Police Department, processed and released while waiting for his prior hearing, they showed the judicial records of the twelfth court of judicial circuit in Will County.
Date of the next Court of Martins It is scheduled for February 24, although it is not obliged to appear at that audience prior to the trial, said Will County officials.
Banks and a statue of San Francisco de Asís in a Roman Catholic Church. (Istock, courtesy of the user Stephen Barnes)
In a statement, The companions of the Cross, The religious order from which the treasures of the Church are affiliated, said Martins agreed to retire from his pastoral duties after the Church was informed of the accusations.
“It is still right to due process, like any defendant,” said the Church. “The colleagues of the Cross consider the accusations of misconduct as an urgent matter that requires serious attention. We pray for all those affected by this painful situation.”
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Martins’s state with Detroit’s archdiocese now appears as “revocated ministry”, according to the Church website.
Martins’s lawyer could not be contacted to comment.
