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Program Title: CNN Newsroom

Segment Title: People Turn to Exorcisms to Rid Them of Evil
Format: Report
Treatment: News
Length: 2 minutes 20 seconds
Date of Airing: 18 January 2014
VISUAL
1 CUT TO MONTAGE OF SCENES FROM THE
EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE.
OVERLAY TEXT THE EXORCISM OF EMILY
ROSE, SCREEN GEMS.

AUDIO
FREDERIK PLEITGEN,
CNN CORRESPONDENT
(VOICE-OVER):

This is the image many people have of exorcisms.

Scenes like this from the two-thousand-five film The
Exorcism of Emily Rose.

2 DISSOLVE TO CRANE-DOWN SHOT OF

FAADE OF CHURCH IN IMPRUNETA (LS).
CUT TO VIDEO OF CHURCHGOERS WAITING
OUTSIDE (LS, NA).
CUT TO VIDEO OF MALE CHURCHGOER
WAITING OUTSIDE (MS, NA).

But exorcism is very much a reality. People wait outside

this church all night in the Italian village, Impruneta.

3 CUT TO VIDEO OF CNN CORRESPONDENT

TALKING WITH LORENZO RAVEGGI (MS,
NA).

People like filmmaker Lorenzo Raveggi (raVEji).

4 CUT TO VIDEO OF RAVEGGI INTERVIEW (MS,

SLIGHTLY LA).
OVERLAY TEXT LORENZO RAVEGGI,
FILMMAKER.

(ENGLISH TRANSLATION, ACTUAL AUDIO

MUFFLED) Someone put a curse on me and things
started going very badly. I felt bad both physically and
psychologically, he says.

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AUDIO

5 CUT TO VIDEO OF HAND CLASPING A

TUMBLER ZOOMING-OUT TO REVEAL CNN
CORRESPONDENT AND RAVEGGI (NA).

Then he shows me items he brought for a blessing.

6 CUT TO TRACKING SHOT OF RAVEGGI

SHOWING EXORCISM PARAPHERNALIA (MS,
SLIGHTLY HA).

Candles, water, and even clothes to keep evil spirits

away.

7 CUT TO VIDEO OF CHURCHGOERS IN MASS

(SLIGHTLY LS, SLIGHTLY HA).
CUT TO VIDEO OF DON LUIGI OROPALLO
SPRINKLING THE CONGREGATION WITH
HOLY WATER (CS, SLIGHTLY LA).

People who believe theyre possessed come from all

over Italy to see this manDon Luigi Oropallo
(oroPAlo).

8 CUT TO VIDEO OF CHURCHGOERS IN MASS

(SLIGHTLY CS, SLIGHTLY HA).
CUT TO VIDEO OF OROPALLO INTERVIEW
(MS, NA).

(ENGLISH TRANSLATION, ACTUAL AUDIO

MUFFLED) The Pope is very open to exorcism, he
says.

9 DISSOLVE TO VIDEO OF POPE FRANCIS

ALLEGEDLY PERFORMING AN EXORCISM.
OVERLAY TEXT FROM YOUTUBE.

Last year, some observers thought this video shows

Pope Francis performing an exorcism. It created a buzz
on social media sites. The Vatican strongly denied that
the Pope was performing an exorcism. It said the Pope
was conveying blessings.

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AUDIO

10 DISSOLVE TO VIDEO OF CNN

CORRESPONDENT AND ANDREA GEMMA
TALKING (MS, LA).
CUT TO VIDEO OF GEMMAS HAND
GESTURES (CS, NA).
CUT TO TRACKING SHOT OF GEMMA
TALKING (CS, NA).
CUT TO VIDEO OF CNN CORRESPONDENT
AND GEMMA TALKING (MS, SLIGHTLY LA).

But something Pope Francis is putting more emphasis

on exorcism after the pontiff mentioned the devil in
several early sermons, including Andrea Gemma
(JEma) himself an exorcist priest.

11 CUT TO VIDEO OF GEMMA INTERVIEW (MS,

SLIGHTLY LA).
OVERLAY TEXT ANDREA GEMMA, PRIEST.

(ENGLISH TRANSLATION, ACTUAL AUDIO

MUFFLED) We believe in the existence of the devil,
he says, and Pope Francis from the very beginning has
said we must be wary of the devil and the way to defend
yourself against the devil is to go through the process of
exorcism.

12 CUT TO VIDEO OF OROPALLO CONDUCTING

MASS (MS, SLIGHTLY LA).
CUT TO VIDEO OF CHURCHGOERS (CS, NA).
CUT TO VIDEO OF OROPALLO CONDUCTING
MASS (LS, NA).

Exorcism simply means ridding a person of demons or

curses. Rituals include everything from prayers to
blessing items, to using special oils.

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AUDIO

13 CUT TO VIDEO OF CNN CORRESPONDENT

AND DON ANDREA BIGALLI WHILE
WALKING (LS, NA).
CUT TO VIDEO OF BIGALLI TALKING (CS, NA)
ZOOMING OUT TO REVEAL HIM
CONVERSING WITH CNN CORRESPONDENT.

But critics like priests Don Andrea Bigalli (biJAli) say

many misunderstand the true meaning of fighting ones
inner demons.

14 CUT TO VIDEO OF BIGALLI INTERVIEW (MS,

SLIGHTLY LA).
OVERLAY TEXT ANDREA BIGALLI, PRIEST.

(ENGLISH TRANSLATION, ACTUAL AUDIO

MUFFLED) Theres a lot of superstition involved in
all this, he says. The truth is that the liturgical formula
does not allow any obscure ritual.

15 CUT TO VIDEO OF CHURCHGOERS

KNEELING/GENUFLECTING (MS, HA).
CUT TO VIDEO OF CHURCHGOERS EXITING
CHURCH (MS, NA) ZOOMING INTO THEIR
FEET.

But even though some rituals might seem obscure,

people continue to flock to churches like this one in
Impruneta in the hope that priests might be able to rid
them of the curses and demons they believe they have
inside.
Fred Pleitgen, C-N-N, Impruneta, Italy.

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