What is your take on Father Ripperger's situation, or is it too early to make a judgment call?

Well, I think we ought to get the story straight, first of all, about Father Ripperger. I keep hearing different stories from those reporting it. So in that sense, yes, it's too early, because I don't know whether Father Ripperger is for this or against this. And then I hear others who are saying, no, he basically asked Father Ripperger if he would take a year off of social media. That's it. There's no restrictions there, but in order to deal with some problems that have cropped up in some of the things that Father Ripperger has said. And some of them deal with issues of concern, because some people feel that Father Ripperger is getting a little too familiar with demonic spirits and talking to them like you would talk to a human being. And as far as I understand, exorcisms are not for the exorcists to be having conversations with the demons, but to do everything they can to exorcise the demon from the person afflicted, not to get information from the demon, not to talk to the demon, and things like that. Where I think Father Ripperger has crossed the line, as far as I understand. And I know Father Ripperger, I talk to him personally, and I know his ministry, I know what he does, he's told me about it, and he's told me that he's talked to demons. And I was always like, wow, that's interesting. And he said it like this was something normal. And he became so used to it, I don't think he actually checked himself. But I think that's where the bishop's concern lies, is that he's having conversations with these demons that he shouldn't be having. And the other thing is, depending on the information of the demons, using that information as factual information on theological topics. I think that's the main reason why the Church doesn't want you talking to demons. It's because you might consider their information as factual information. It may or may not be. But we do know that demons are liars, just like the devil is. And so what would stop them from telling you a lie and making you believe it? Because they sound factual. So this is another area where an exorcist has to be careful that you do your job, exorcism, without any of this fanfare. So if that's where the bishop's concern is, then he has a legitimate cause to put a pause on Father Ripperger's prerogatives, one of them being communicating on social media, if this is some of the stuff that he's telling people, that I talk to demons all the time and I get information from them. That's something that really needs to be looked at. And I say this as a friend of Father Ripperger. Maybe he's going as far in this as he can and he doesn't have anybody that scrutinizes him. Because in a ministry like exorcisms, you're alone. Not too many people following you or having a friendship. You're pretty much alone, and sometimes you don't check up on yourself like you should. But I think in this case, that's why we have bishops. They're not all bad. But of course this bishop's got a bad name because there's a history there, and somebody tried to tie it to Pope Leo XIV, making a tie in between the Bishop of Denver and Pope Leo XIV in his previous diocese before he was Pope, covering up a sexual scandal. And of course the bishop that was with him gets a bad name. That's the bishop in Denver now. It gets gossipy, and the devil starts to win even though we're trying to defeat him. And this is what happens all the time. There's calumny, gossip, detraction, all kinds of sins go on. And it's a sad story.