re: #35 astronmr20

Nowhere in the Bible does it specify that “official clergy must cast out demons and no one else.”

The Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law makes it quite clear that what Jindal did is completely against Catholic doctrine: What does the Church teach about locution and exorcism? - Catholic Answers Forums.

Code of Canon Law (CIC) is clear that only qualified priests with express permission may perform exorcisms: “No one can perform exorcisms legitimately upon the possessed unless he has obtained special and express permission from the local ordinary. The local ordinary is to give this permission only to a presbyter who has piety, knowledge, prudence, and integrity of life” (CIC 1171.1-2).

The New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law (p. 1405) points out that the 1998 Rite of Exorcism reordered this canon. Among the changes, “An exorcist is to be a priest (sacerdos), not a presbyter (presbyterus) as in the canon, which means bishops as well as presbyters may be appointed exorcist”.