“The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses and spells,” the Nashville school told parents in regards to the Harry Potter books.
Poof, just like magic, Nashville has up and removed all the Harry Potter books from its hallowed halls, the reason being because they apparently include “actual curses and spells, which when read by a human being, risk conjuring evil spirits”.
Rev Dan Reehil, pastor at St Edward Catholic, emailed parents about the J.K. Rowling series to inform them that he had been in touch with “several” exorcists who recommended he remove the books from the school’s library.
We would love to know how one comes across several exorcists. Is there some kind of committee? Can we join? Is there a membership fee?
“These books present magic as both good and evil, which is not true, but in fact a clever deception,” Reehil’s email read. “The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses and spells; which when read by a human being risk conjuring evil spirits into the presence of the person reading the text.”
Rebecca Hammel, superintendent of schools for the Catholic diocese of Nashville, told sources that Reehil’s email came after a parent made an enquiry about the books. “He’s well within his authority to act in that manner,” Hammel said, because “each pastor has canonical authority to make such decisions for his parish school.”
The books have been in the library for years up until this point, but upon the opening of the schools new library, the books were no longer present.
“I know that in the process they were going through and kind of weeding out some of the content in hopes of sprucing it up and improving the circulation,” said Hammel, adding that if parents deemed the stories “to be appropriate we would hope that they would just guide their sons and daughters to understand the content through the lens of our faith.”
