{"id":264746,"date":"2025-07-24T18:05:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-paid-compensation-by-church-for-exorcism-of-gay-demons-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T18:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:05:28","slug":"man-paid-compensation-by-church-for-exorcism-of-gay-demons-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-paid-compensation-by-church-for-exorcism-of-gay-demons-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Man paid compensation by church for exorcism of \u2018gay demons\u2019 | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/r-qKTMxMkBQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Man paid compensation by church for exorcism of \u2018gay demons\u2019 | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r-qKTMxMkBQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A man has been paid compensation for an exorcism which attempted to rid him of \u2018gay demons\u2019, in what\u2019s believed to be the first legal settlement of its kind in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on camera for the first time, Matthew Drapper told ITV News that he was led to believe that demons had left his mouth during the intense prayer session at St Thomas Philadelphia Church in Sheffield in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\n\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been paid compensation for an exorcism which attempted to rid him of \u2018gay demons\u2019, in what\u2019s believed to be the first legal settlement of its kind in the UK. 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