School bans Harry Potter books declaring it contains real spells, curses
Last updated on: 04 September,2019 08:56 am
Reverend Dan Reehil took the step after consulting with exorcists in America and Rome.
NASHVILLE (Web Desk) - A school in Nashville has removed all of the Harry Potter books from its library after a priest said the curses and spells are real.
The school’s pastor, Reverend Dan Reehil, took the step after consulting with exorcists in America and Rome. He said, “These books present magic as both good and evil, which is not true, but in fact a clever deception.”
The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses and spells; which when read by a human being risk conjuring evil spirits into the presence of the person reading the text,” the Reverend Reehill wrote, apparently in all seriousness.
Rebecca Hammel, the superintendent of schools for the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, told The Tennessean that the Reverend Reehill had indeed sent the email and has the final say on the matter, since the Catholic Church does not have an official position on Ms Rowling’s best-selling series.
“Each pastor has canonical authority to make such decisions for his parish school,” she said. “He’s well within his authority to act in that manner.”
The school has recently opened a new library for its students, Ms Hammel explained, prompting the faculty to reassess its catalogue.
“I know that in the process they were going through and kind of weeding out some of the content in hopes of sprucing it up and improving the circulation,” she said.
Ms Hammel did say the school would not stand in the way of students reading Harry Potter at their parents’ discretion.