Priest says someone is impersonating him, offering exorcisms
BROOKVILLE, Ind. (WXIX/Gray News) - An Indiana priest is warning that someone is impersonating him on social media and offering exorcisms.
Father Vincent Lampert leads worshippers at St. Michael Catholic Church in southeastern Indiana.
He said he’s performed exorcisms for almost 20 years, but now, someone has been pretending to be him for more than a year.
Lampert said that person is even offering exorcisms, rosaries and holy water for money.
“Unfortunately, a lot of people who believe they are dealing with the demonic are very vulnerable,” he said. “They took a recent interview that I did and dubbed over my voice with AI, so they were able to add their own words with my actual image.”
The priest has been in the public eye because of his decades of experience as an exorcist.
His secretary found a Facebook page where someone pretending to be him offered exorcisms and holy items for hundreds of dollars.
However, he’s not even on social media and said he communicates with parishioners via email.
“I had a gentleman in Germany told me that the person got him to pay them $2,000 thinking I was flying to Germany to do an exorcism for him,” Lampert said. “I’ve had people show up here for appointments, people I did not know. But this person got some of them to pay $300 for an appointment.”
The church does not charge for exorcisms, he noted.
Lampert added, “It’s considered to be a ministry of charity so the church would help anyone. That should send up a red flag to anybody.”
Church members said the Facebook page that they found has since blocked them.
Lampert shared the following message for whoever is pretending to be him:
“You can fool people in this life, but you ultimately have to give an account before God one day.”
The longtime priest said he’s spoken with law enforcement, but there are no active cases right now.
According to Lampert, the person pretending to be him could be anywhere.
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