The pastor and the members of the congregation however dispute that they pushed her, insisting that she jumped into the fire on her own. Police have arrested the accused and are treating the incident as a murder case.
Reports from Nicaragua indicate that a woman has passed away after a pastor and his congregation pushed her onto a bonfire during an exorcism to rid her of demons.
A 25-year-old Nicaraguan woman has passed away after a pastor and his congregation reportedly stripped her, tied her up and pushed her into a bonfire during an exorcism to rid her of demons.
Vilma Trujillo Garcia passed away five days after the “exorcism”
Vilma’s husband, 35-year-old Reynaldo Peralta Rodriguez, claimed that the pastor and the congregation were responsible for his wife’s death.
Reynaldo, speaking to local media, said: “My wife spent eight days [as a] prisoner in that congregation and her sister told me that…they pushed her on the flames. I don’t think my wife was possessed at all. What they did to her was witchcraft.”
Reynaldo Peralta Rodriguez, the victim’s husband
However, the pastor, 23-year-old Rocha Romero, disputed this and insisted that Vilma threw herself onto the bonfire to get rid of the “demons” that were allegedly causing her distress.
Some members of his congregation at the Assemblies of God Church in El-Cortezal, northeastern Nicaragua, supported his version of events. They said that it was Vilma who requested them to start the fire and that they were praying when they suddenly noticed that she had thrown herself into the flames.
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