Gee, I WONDER why the press is making a big fuss over this!

A Romanian nun dies after being crucified and gagged for three days in an ‘exorcism’ to cure her of schizophrenia.

“I don’t understand why journalists are making such a fuss about this. Exorcism is a common practice in the heart of the Romanian Orthodox church and my methods are not at all unknown to other priests,” Father Daniel added.

Yet some say religion is harmless. When your religiosity overrides medicine and brutal torture in the guise of ‘exorcisms’ are performed instead of life-saving treatment for well-understood mental conditions, people die.

And you wonder why I took up the fight against superstitious nonsense.

Update: it’s from 2005. Not “news” per se, but still a relevant and shocking example of stupidity brought on by religion.