Controversial cleric carries out Dáil exorcism

A controversial cleric who once ordained singer Sinead O’Connor today carried out an exorcism of the Dáil.

Tridentine Archbishop Michael Cox vowed to remove the evil spirits from Dublin’s Leinster House and pleaded for good people to rule the nation.

During the ritual he said the capital’s newly-mounted Spire monument would be struck down by God, and that Sellafield power station should be closed.

“May God please close down Sellafield for I predict that within the next five years a terrible accident will happen there,” Archbishop Cox said as he paraded outside the Dail.

“Let the government in there put pressure on the British to close down Sellafield. I don’t believe it will be there in five years.”

He said O’Connell Street’s new Spire monument was a waste of money and should not have been built.

“God will strike down that Spire. It will be an act of God,” he said. “Four million euros was used on it when nothing was being done about the homeless.”

The ceremony was carried out by the Rt Reverend Cox and another dissident cleric, Archbishop Martin Pius Kelly – both of the breakaway Latin Tridentine church.

Wearing black, pink and purple robes they brandished a cross bearing the body of Christ outside the gates of the Dail, performing the exorcism at each of the parliament’s gates.

“Let the Irish people elect good people to rule this nation,” Archbishop Cox said. “The powers that be need to get their act together.

“There are evil people working in there – they are not of God. They are materialistic and full of power.

“Almighty God will strike down those who are arrogant. They have lied to the people they have lied to the electorate.

“Look at all the tribunals that have come about and the tax payer has had to foot the bill.

“Cleanse this place of evil and remove the fat cats from society.”

They said the recent death of a homeless man who had been evicted from his Dublin flat had spurred them on to carry out the exorcism.

“It was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” Archbishop Cox said.

The Latin Tridentine Order was formed by Co Offaly-based Archbishop Cox, but is not recognised by the Vatican.