In interviews with The Baltimore Sun, exorcists claimed these are not movie scenes but moments they’ve witnessed firsthand. At the time of that Baltimore meeting, about two dozen exorcists practiced in the United States; today, it has more than six times that amount. “There are only about 150 exorcists in the country, and they are being flooded with requests, including from many desperate people pleading for assistance. Thomas Paprocki, the Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, who organized and helped run the landmark Baltimore symposium. “There’s no doubt in my mind that years from now, many of them will have demonic afflictions,” he added.