Body of nun killed in exorcism ritual exhumed

The body of a Romanian nun who died in June during an exorcism ritual was exhumed today for forensic tests, the state news agency reported.

Irina Maricica Cornici, 23, died June 15 at the secluded Holy Trinity convent in the north-east Romanian village of Tanacu after she was tied up for several days without food or water and chained to a cross during the ritual.