The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Four jailed for week-long exorcism 'kidnap' A French court on Friday sentenced four people to between three and six years in jail over a violent, crucifixion-style exorcism carried out on a 19-year-old woman. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131012/four-jailed-over-crucifixion-style-exorcism Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:36:00 +0200 four-jailed-over-crucifixion-style-exorcism Four on trial over week-long exorcism 'torture' A group of former members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church went on trial on Monday in France, charged with torturing a 19-year-old woman during a shockingly violent crucifixion-style exorcism which lasted seven days. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131007/france-seventh-day-adventist-exorcism-crucifixion Mon, 07 Oct 2013 17:15:00 +0200 france-seventh-day-adventist-exorcism-crucifixion Exorcism sparks murder fears in French town Police in the town of Limoux, south-western France, must have feared the worst when they arrived at the spot where dozens of locals had reported hearing blood-curdling screams, however what greeted them was not what they expected. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130909/cops-bust-exorcism-after-murder-fears Mon, 09 Sep 2013 11:48:00 +0200 cops-bust-exorcism-after-murder-fears