The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish mayor urged to call in exorcist over town hall haunting The mayor of a small town outside Granada is facing calls to bring in an exorcist after workers became convinced that the council offices were haunted – and the ghost was even caught on camera. https://www.thelocal.es/20170216/spanish-mayor-urged-to-call-in-exorcist-over-town-hall-haunting Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:51:55 +0100 spanish-mayor-urged-to-call-in-exorcist-over-town-hall-haunting Blood-curdling screams alert police to exorcism in Oviedo A young woman was rescued from a ‘cult exorcism’ taking place in the northern Spanish city of Oviedo after her "blood-curdling screams" were heard by neighbours. https://www.thelocal.es/20161006/police-rescue-woman-from-cult-exorcism-in-northern-spain Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:19:15 +0200 police-rescue-woman-from-cult-exorcism-in-northern-spain Students at Spanish college forced to take exorcism class A publically funded college in Spain has told students that it is compulsory to attend a course given by a priest who is an expert in exorcisms. https://www.thelocal.es/20160505/publicly-funded-college-makes-students-take-exorcism-class Thu, 05 May 2016 13:00:43 +0200 publicly-funded-college-makes-students-take-exorcism-class Girl, 11, sold by parents into marriage in Spain Police have rescued an 11-year-old girl who was repeatedly raped and beaten after being sold for marriage by her parents for €17,000 euros. https://www.thelocal.es/20150527/girl-11-sold-by-parents-into-marriage-in-spain Wed, 27 May 2015 17:11:53 +0200 girl-11-sold-by-parents-into-marriage-in-spain Priest arrested for exorcism on anorexic girl A priest has been arrested in Burgos for performing repeated exorcisms on an underage girl suffering from anorexia. https://www.thelocal.es/20150318/priest-arrested-for-exorcism-on-underage-girl Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:29:26 +0100 priest-arrested-for-exorcism-on-underage-girl Spanish bishop warns of new Civil War at funeral Spain's top cardinal has irritated both the ruling party and all its political opposition by implying during the funeral of the country's first democratic Prime Minister that Spain could be facing another Civil War. https://www.thelocal.es/20140402/bishop-2 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 13:16:00 +0200 bishop-2