The True Story Behind The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
5. Ed And Lorraine Warren's Exorcism
After 12 days of violence and sleepless nights, Judy Glatzel decided to call demonologists Ed & Lorraine Warren. The Warrens arrived quickly to their Brookfield, CT home and began assessing the situation.
The Warrens allege that what greeted them was a family at breaking point and that David Glatzel spent his time screaming. Ed Warren claims that the boy demonstrated precognitive abilities and an intellect far beyond his years as he quoted scripture passages and, bizarrely, sections of Paradise Lost.
An Exorcism was purportedly sanctioned by the Connecticut diocese after The Warrens findings and after a house blessing failed. It is reported that seven priests performed three separate "minor" rites of exorcism over David Glatzel as the boy named up to 42 demons that resided within him.
During one of these violent sessions, Arne Cheyenne Johnson, distressed and fatigued over the child's suffering, allegedly challenged the demons to "take me on!" Lorraine Warren states that during these exorcisms, David stopped breathing and also experienced levitation.