Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Anneliese Michel (21 September 1952 – 1 July 1976) was a German Catholic woman who began undergoing exorcism rites in 1975 and died the next year because of stopping medical and psychiatric intervention. An investigation revealed that she was malnourished and dehydrated; her parents and the priests responsible were charged with negligence. This case attracted media and public attention because of the Catholic church's approval of such an old rite to be performed on her. The film The Exorcism of Emily Rose is loosely based on her.When Michel was sixteen, she had her first epileptic attack and was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy. She was soon in depression and was treated at a psychiatric hospital. By 1973, she became intolerant of various religious objects and began to hear voices. Her condition worsened, despite taking various medications, and she became suicidal. Her family was soon convinced she was possessed and appealed to a Catholic priest for an exorcism, which was rejected at first. In 1975, after much hesitation, two priests got permission from the local bishop and performed exorcism rites on her secretively. It was stated that her death was due to the strain of the rites and the investigation concluded that she could have been saved if medical help was given to her even a day before. After a guilty verdict, the defendants were sentenced to six months in jail but given three years of probation and a fine. The case has been labelled as a misidentification of a mental illness, negligence, abuse and religious hysteria.. }
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- Anneliese_Michel abstract "Anneliese Michel (21 September 1952 – 1 July 1976) was a German Catholic woman who began undergoing exorcism rites in 1975 and died the next year because of stopping medical and psychiatric intervention. An investigation revealed that she was malnourished and dehydrated; her parents and the priests responsible were charged with negligence. This case attracted media and public attention because of the Catholic church's approval of such an old rite to be performed on her. The film The Exorcism of Emily Rose is loosely based on her.When Michel was sixteen, she had her first epileptic attack and was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy. She was soon in depression and was treated at a psychiatric hospital. By 1973, she became intolerant of various religious objects and began to hear voices. Her condition worsened, despite taking various medications, and she became suicidal. Her family was soon convinced she was possessed and appealed to a Catholic priest for an exorcism, which was rejected at first. In 1975, after much hesitation, two priests got permission from the local bishop and performed exorcism rites on her secretively. It was stated that her death was due to the strain of the rites and the investigation concluded that she could have been saved if medical help was given to her even a day before. After a guilty verdict, the defendants were sentenced to six months in jail but given three years of probation and a fine. The case has been labelled as a misidentification of a mental illness, negligence, abuse and religious hysteria.".