If redemption fails, you can still use the free bathroom

摘要

The Tuesday-lunchtime exorcism at the Sao Paulo cathedral of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God is well-attended, as always. On stage a woman in a brown trouser suit is moaning into a microphone, her back to the audience. Her voice flits uncontrollably between gruff low tones and high-pitched squeaks. This is the devil talking. He has been with her ever since the mistress of her philandering husband went to an African cult and put a spell on her. The congregation prays, the priest puts his hands on her and the devil is cast out, leaving its former host exhausted and shivering.