Who was Priest Valentin Fleischmann? Did he really possess Anneliese Michel?
First things first, Nobody is officially sure about the existence in the history of the person named Priest Valentin Fleischmann. There are several various stories and folklores about him across the internet.
Priest Valentin Fleischmann
Valentin Fleischmann was a catholic priest believed to have roots in Bavaria, Germany. He was present in the era of the 16th century. German people back then were known as Franks. Fleischmann was appointed as the priest by the Catholic Church in nearly 1572. Three years later in 1575, he was unfrocked by the church for his bad and alcoholic behavior. He was also accused of assault and attempt to murder.
Story of Anna Elisabeth Michel
During 1970, a German girl named Anna Elisabeth Michel lived in the same district Bavaria in Germany. She was said to be possessed by some demonic energy (according to local church authority of district). But her medical report stated otherwise. According to her reports, she was a case of psychological disorder and epilepsy.
On the huge urge of Anna’s parents, the church authority started exorcism of Anneliese Michel. The father who was involved in the exorcism was Father Arnold Renz. He discovered there were six demons in a girl’s body. According to his statements, Priest Fleischmann was one of them after Cain, Nero, Judas, Lucifer, and Hitler. After performing 67 sessions of exorcism in the period of ten months Anneliese Michel died at her home. Her autopsy reports suggested that she died due to lack of nutrition and being in a state of semi-starvation for a year.
There is more about the girl in our previous article A Curious Case of Anneliese Michel. There are a number of articles about Anneliese Michel across the internet that suggests that she was possessed. But, she died due to serious mental conditions (her medical reports also state the same reason). Anna was born in a religious catholic family. Her state of mind was over affected for the holy and demonic kinds of stuff and stories because of her upbringing in a religious atmosphere. Hitler and Priest Fleischmann both belong to Germany and portrayed as bad people like demons in German history and aside from this; Cain, Lucifer, Judas, and Nero are described as bad souls in Christianity.
⇒ So here, let the cat out of the bag and the conclusion is that, the psychological disorder was the most possible cause of the death of Anneliese Michel rather than possession.
