Manila Archdiocese constructs first 'center for exorcism' in Asia

Asia’s first-ever “center for exorcism” is set to rise in the Philippines after the Archdiocese in Manila on Tuesday announced it has started the construction of the facility.

To be known as “Saint Michael Center for Spiritual Liberation and Exorcism,” the establishment is located in Guadalupe Viejo in Makati City.

The groundbreaking ceremony was held on May 17 and was attended by Cardinal Jose Advincula, Archdiocese of Manila Office on Exorcism (AMOE) director Fr. Francisco Syquia, and other church personnel.

“This center will minister to those in bondage to the devil who are therefore the poorest of the poor and are usually overlooked,” Syquia said.

For its part, the AMOE said the St. Michael Center is a product of “more than seven years of prayers, planning, and fundraising” and is set to be “first of its kind in Asia, if not the world.”

Once completed, the facility will house the archdiocese’s Commission on Extraordinary Phenomena, the Ministry of Exorcism Office, and the Ministry on Visions and Phenomena Office. It will also serve as the headquarters of the Philippine Association of Catholic Exorcists (PACE) which is under the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines.

PACE is also affiliated with the International Association of Exorcists (IAE) based in Italy.—Sundy Locus/AOL, GMA News