What kind of help, doctor?
He wanted a medical perspective from a psychiatrist...
...you know, one that he knew, trusted...
...to observe Emily's physical and mental state during this...
During the exorcism.
Yeah.
Doctor.
Can you help our case?
That girl was not schizophrenic...
...and she was not epileptic, or any combination of the two.
I've seen hundreds of people with those problems.
They can be terrible afflictions, of course, but they don't scare me.
But what you saw that night in Emily, that did scare you.
God, if I'd known, I never would've been there.
I started praying again since then, you know.
I examined that girl before I drove back to the city that night.
She was lucid...
...and she was completely aware of this separate entity inside her.
When she wasn't in his grip, she was totally herself, completely normal.
The awareness of her alternate mental state is counterindicative of psychosis.
Crazy people don't know they're crazy.
That's right.
You'll testify to all of this, in detail?
Everything you saw?
Send me the case files and tell me when to be in court.
Thank you, doctor.
We need this.
Before he was arrested, Father Moore sent this to me.
He asked me to take care of it.
It's your burden now.
One more thing. When you saw Emily...
...did Father Moore ask you to give her any medical help?
He was already trying to stop her from injuring herself and urging her to eat.
And I told him, as a doctor, I couldn't help her.
Dr. Cartwright's going to testify.
Don't you get it?
He's not just an eyewitness to the exorcism.
He can also refute the prosecution's medical case. This is huge for us.
When do I get to testify?
I don't know. Let's take this one step at a time.
No.
What matters most is Emily's story, which only I can tell.
I understand.
Have you thought about what I said before?
About dark forces and demonic attacks?
Yes, I have.
That day, after Briggs testified...
... I was feeling awful.
And I went out for a walk just to clear my head...
... and I was thinking about what you said to me. Thinking:
"What if demons really do exist?"
And wondering what that would mean if I believed that.
Because God knows, I have my own demons.
And I saw something lying on the sidewalk.
It was a gold locket...
... with the initials E. C.B. Engraved on it.
My middle name is Christine.
Erin Christine Bruner.
And of all the people walking by that day, I found that locket.
What are the chances of that?
I don't know, maybe it was a sign.
Or maybe it was just some incredible coincidence.
But it made me feel...
...like no matter what mistakes I've made in the past...
...at that moment, I was exactly where I was meant to be.
Like I was on the right path.
You sound more like a mystic than an agnostic.
Are you wearing the locket now?
No.
You should.
The archdiocese doesn't want you to testify.
They're just afraid that I'll embarrass them.
Testify to some medieval-sounding supernatural nonsense.
They're expecting me to talk you out of it.
I've just decided I'm not even gonna try.
Why not?
If the archdiocese wants to avoid embarrassment...
...they need you to walk out of here a free man.
I believe a jury will find you sincere and credible...
...and when Dr. Cartwright corroborates your testimony...
...and refutes the prosecution's medical arguments...
...we'll get an acquittal.
And everyone will thank me for it.
Emily!
God help me.
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, so help you God?
I do.
Father Moore, before you could perform the exorcism...
...you had to get the sanction of the Church, correct?
Yes, on October the 27th of last year...
...I presented my assessment and recommendation to the archbishop...
...and he authorized the exorcism that day before I left his office.
Tell us what happened that night.
I drove home.
I sat up till after midnight studying The Roman Ritual...
...thinking about what lay ahead.
You mean The Roman Ritual of Exorcism.
A text used by Catholic priests...
...as a guide to performing the exorcism rite.
Yes, I think I actually fell asleep with the book in my hand.
What happened next?
I woke up, freezing.
It was exactly 3 a.m.
Three a.m. Is the demonic witching hour.
It's a way for demons to mock the Holy Trinity.
It's an inversion of 3 p.m., the miracle hour...
...which is traditionally accepted as the hour of Christ's death.
I thought I smelled something burning.
Only later did I connect it...
... and I remembered that that same smell of something burning...
... had been perceived by Emily.
Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and...
Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our...
At the hour of...
What do you make of this gesture, this nod in your direction?
I don't know. Some kind of acknowledgment, I guess.
That the game is on.
You're really God's gunslinger, aren't you, Father?
Standing tall and facing the devil with your prayer book at your side.
Objection, Your Honor. Counsel's harassing my witness.
Sustained. Mr. Thomas, you know I won't allow that in my courtroom.
Forgive me, Your Honor.
Father, did you understand this black-robed figure to be the devil?
I believe it was a demonic manifestation.
Like the demonic force you believe possessed Emily?
- Yes. - Why do you think it appeared to you?
I believe the demonic can appear as an apparition...
...much like a ghost, in an attempt to excite our fear.
- Did it excite your fear, Father? - It scared the hell out of me.
So this night, when you began to prepare Emily's exorcism...
...was it your first encounter with this demon ghost?
- Yes. - Have you seen it again?
I've seen it ever since.
No further questions at this time.
Redirect, Your Honor.
Father Moore, after you received the bishop's authorization...
...when did you proceed with an exorcism?
October 31st.
On Halloween. Isn't that a bit dramatic?
Halloween tradition is based on legends throughout history...
...that indicate a real increase in spiritual activity on that night...
...and I thought we could use the occasion to draw them into the open.
- The demons, you mean? - Yes.
Father Moore...
...can you identify this?
It's my tape recorder. I used it to record the exorcism.
Inside is the tape I made that night.
Why would you make such a tape?
Ever since the technology has been available...
...exorcists have used tape recorders to authenticate the ritual...
...and provide a record for review.
I offer into evidence this cassette recorder and audiotape...
Objection. The people were not aware of the existence of this tape...
...until last night. - Neither were we.
This tape is new evidence that came into our possession yesterday.
We provided counsel for the people with a transcript of its contents.
You mean this tape was not given to you by your client?
No, Your Honor. We received it from a reluctant witness...
...Dr. Graham Cartwright, who will also be called to testify to its authenticity.
The people will find his name on the updated witness list...
...we provided to them this morning.
Very well. I'll allow it into evidence.
Father Moore.
Will you play the tape for us now?
This is the exorcism of Emily Rose.
Those present are myself, Father Richard Moore...
...Nathaniel, Emily's father...
...Jason, her friend...
...a doctor who is here to monitor Emily during the ritual...
...and Emily herself...
...who has given her permission for the ritual to be performed.
All right, now listen.
You may say the rosary or any private prayer for her deliverance...
...when you're not responding to my words.
Above all...
...do whatever I ask, without question.
Don't ask it any questions...
...or pay any attention to what it says.
"It"?
We won't be dealing with Emily tonight.
Restrain her.
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
It has begun.
Let us pray.
"Because she hopes in you, my God."
"Send her help from the holy place, Lord."
"And give her heavenly protection."
"May the Lord be with you."
"And with your spirit."
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
My God. Are you all right?
Dolls and kisses and crosses and wishes...
...you think that can save your little girl?
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
I'm fine.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation...
But deliver us from evil!
Who are you, demon? Tell me your name.
I am the one who dwells within...
In the Name of Christ...
...identify yourself!
One, two, three, four, five, six. One, two, three, four, five, six.
Trick or treat. I give you treats and tricks.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
Father Moore!
Papa!
Emily!
She feels so hot, Father! She's burning up!
Hold her down there on the straw! Hold her!
Emily!
Doctor! I need you here now. Watch her vital signs.
In the beginning was the word.
And the word was with God.
And the word was the word, and what a wonderful word it was.
Through him all things remain.
Without him, nothing was made that has been made.
And the 70 disciples returned again with joy, saying:
"Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name."
Her heart is racing. It's almost 180 beats a minute.
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Behold. I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions...
...and over all the power of the enemy.
And nothing shall, by any means, hurt you.
Nothing?
Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!
Release him, demon. I command you in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Tell me your name, wicked one.
One, two, three, four, five, six!
He who commands you is he who ordered you thrown down...
...from the highest heaven into the depths of hell.
In the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, I now command you:
Give me your name, demon!
Names!
One, two, three, four, five, six!
Ancient serpents...
...depart from this servant of God!
Tell me your six names!
We are the ones who dwell within!
I am the one who dwelt within Cain!
I am the one who dwelt within Nero!
I once dwelt within Judas!
And I was with Legion!
I am Belial!
And I am Lucifer...
...the devil in the flesh.
Mr. Rose.
Doctor, help him!
After a few moments, Mr. Rose revived...
... but the exorcism had to be abandoned.
Emily was taken to her room and soon fell into a deep sleep.
The whole thing was a complete failure.
Describe her behavior from the night of the failed exorcism...
...until the time of her death.
Violence towards others and herself.
Sometimes she screamed for hours on end.
She drove her head through windows, tried to bite...
Tried to bite holes in the walls, breaking several more of her teeth...
...as you saw in the postmortem photograph.
- You witnessed this? - Some of it, yes.
I tried to visit every day...
...and the family told me the rest.
Did you attempt another exorcism?
I wanted to, but Emily refused.
And without the consent of the possessed...
...the exorcism ritual can't be performed.
Did you encourage her to eat?
Yes, every time I saw her...
...but the few times she tried, it seemed like...
Seemed like she couldn't swallow, or she couldn't keep it down.
What about medical care?
I wanted her to continue. I never said she should quit seeing her doctors.
That would be wrong. Medical care is not my field.
But you did suggest she stop taking the drug Gambutrol.
Yes.
After the exorcism, she asked for my counsel.
She told me that the drugs had never helped her.
After all, she was on Gambutrol during the exorcism...
...when her so-called symptoms were at their peak.
Ultimately, we both felt that she was beyond medical care...
...and that she had to see this through to the end...
...by faith alone.
The dual voices we just heard on this tape...
...you're certain that they were both coming from Emily at the same time?
Yes. Yes, I heard them.
Have you tampered with this tape in any way?
No. No, I have not.
No further questions at this time.
Mr. Thomas.
Father Moore, you consider this tape to be proof of the supernatural?
I think it's a record of certain indications...
...that Emily was possessed.
Signs of possession, you may call them.
By "signs of possession," would you mean her speaking in languages...
...we might assume she couldn't possibly know?
And the vocalization of two distinct voices simultaneously?
Yes. Among other signs that I observed and described to the court...
...while the tape was playing. Things I saw.
Things you can't hear on the tape.
We'll just have to take your word, won't we?
- Your Honor. - Mr. Thomas.
I apologize. Father, as Emily's parish priest...
...are you aware that she underwent advanced catechism training?
Yes. Yes. Her family is very devout.
And in that training, did she study Ancient Greek, Hebrew and Latin?
Yes, I think that's right.
Might have even studied Aramaic, Christ and his disciples' language...
...which, according to the transcripts, we also heard on the tape, correct?
She spoke Aramaic on the tape. It wasn't part of her training.
But it was offered as an elective at her catechism school.
I have the school's curriculum here if you'd like to see it.
No. I'll accept that she might have been exposed to that language.
And according to her high school records...
...German was the foreign language she studied there, yes?
I don't know. If you say so.
So that covers the strange languages we heard on the tape, correct?
Did I miss any?
- No. - Good.
We've already established you're no medical expert.
You said it's not your field.
But are you aware of the dual sets of vocal cords every human possesses?
- No. - Have you heard of...
...the superior vocal cords, which are higher than the ones we use to speak?
No. So you didn't know that Tibetan monks, for example...
...as part of their religious training, teach themselves...
...to activate both sets of vocal cords at once?
No, I didn't know that.
Well, now that you do know, would you think it's possible...
...that Emily, in her psychotic state...
...might have activated both sets of vocal cords...
...so as to achieve the amazing effect we heard captured on your audiotape?
Her state was not psychotic.
Father Moore, you told us that in the exorcism we heard...
...you actually saw, once again, this black-robed figure...
...or demonic apparition, am I right? - Yes.
But we couldn't see him when you played the tape, correct?
- No, of course not. - Of course not.
So that would be another supernatural aspect of the exorcism...
...your tape doesn't prove, correct? - Yes.
Where is your dark figure, Father?
Is he here now? Do I look like your demon ghost?
- Your Honor. - Counselor.
I have nothing further.
Does the defense wish to redirect?
No, Your Honor, but we reserve the right to recall the witness later.
Very well. The witness may step down.
Your Honor, my next witness must have been detained.
If we could take a short recess so I could...
You've made this court wait before, counselor. I'm inclined to...
Your Honor, please.
Dr. Cartwright came to us in good conscience...
...as an eyewitness to the exorcism on Father Moore's tape.
He can substantiate all of my client's testimony...
Your Honor, the defense has already presented its exorcism testimony...
...in dramatic fashion. Do we really have to..?
We have absorbed some extraordinary testimony today.
I think we'll take some time to consider it.
Court is adjourned until 9:30 tomorrow morning.
- You can't find him? - I went to meet him, he didn't show.
I called his office, I called his house.
Okay. Go to the hospital, ask around. Somebody's gotta know where he is.
What the hell happened?
Tell Father Moore I'm sorry.
Tell him I know the demons are real and I admire his courage...
...for standing and speaking against them.
Tell him I know what they can do.
- Cartwright's dead. - I heard.
Are you drunk?
- Not yet, but I'm working on it. - Have you seen this?
- What the hell were you thinking? - Karl...
You told me you'd talk him out of testifying.
Instead, you put on a freak show with taped demons...
...and a dead girl speaking in tongues...
...and your client testifies that the archbishop sanctioned the exorcism.
We'll be lucky if the archdiocese isn't named...
I had a doctor who was gonna corroborate.
Besides that, Father Moore's testimony's crucial to his defense.
Did you forget the archdiocese is paying for this defense?
The archdiocese isn't on trial.
I swore an oath to do what's best for my client.
Spare me the law school pieties, Bruner.
You cashed in your conscience at the door.
- People can change. - Like James Van Hopper?
It's not over.
I can put Mr. Rose on the stand...
...to corroborate Father Moore about the exorcism.
And there are the girls. Her sister Alice, she saw part of it.
They all look like superstitious rubes. They've got no credibility.
Thomas will rip them to pieces.
You'll be worse off than you are now, if that's possible.
You're gonna replace me on this case.
You've screwed it up beyond all repair.
But the archdiocese feels that replacing you now...
...would only draw more unnecessary attention to the trial.
But just so we're clear, Bruner...
...if you put that priest on the stand again, I will fire you.
You've been crying.
- Dr. Cartwright is dead. - What?
He was killed. There was an accident. I'm sorry.
I know he was your friend.
We've lost.
Without his testimony, it's over.
No.
No, no, no, it isn't over. We're telling Emily's story. That's what matters.
- It can't be worth all this. - Yes, it is worth it.
Just let me go back on the stand and tell the rest of the story.
- I can't do that. - You must!
You must.
Erin, you once said that you felt you were on the right path.
Don't stray from that path.
Here, take this.
- What is this? - Just read it.
And then decide what you want to do.
I saw your eyes today in court when I explained the significance of 3 a.m.
It's not going to stop until Emily's story is told.
Are you gonna make a statement?
Do you believe it was the devil?
Is the defense ready to proceed?
Yes, Your Honor. The defense recalls Father Richard Moore.
The witness is reminded that he is still under oath.
- When did you last see Emily alive? - The night before she died.
Her mother, Maria, called me and said that Emily had asked for me.
- Why did she ask to see you? - To give me this.
Did Emily explain to you the letter's significance?
Yes. She said she'd written it the morning after the failed exorcism...
...and that it was important for me to share.
Father Moore, was Emily a good person?
I believe that one day Emily will be recognized as a saint.
- So she loved God. - Yes. She was very devout.
Father Moore, if Emily loved God...
...if she was so good and so devout, why do you think God...
...allowed this to happen? - Objection.
What is the relevance of that question?
Father Moore's belief in this matter is crucial...
...in establishing his and Emily's understanding of her condition.
And that mutual understanding is paramount in determining...
...whether Father Moore was, in fact, negligent.
I'm going to allow it.
Your Honor, you're not really gonna let someone testify...
...about why God would allow the death of a young girl?
The objection has been overruled.
Again, Father Moore:
Why did God allow Emily to become possessed by demons and then die?
I can let Emily answer that.
"Last night, on Allhallows' Eve...
...Father Moore tried to cast six demons from my body.
They refused to go.
After the attempted exorcism..."
I was taken to my room, and I fell into a deep sleep.
I awoke a few hours later, hearing a voice calling out my name.
"Again, I heard a voice calling my name.
It was the Blessed Holy Mother of God.
And when I looked at her...
...she smiled at me and said:
'Emily, heaven is not blind to your pain."'
She said the Virgin Mary spoke to her in the middle of a field?
- Yes. - And do you believe her?
I believe Emily spoke the truth.
Please continue.
"I asked the Blessed Mother, 'Why do I suffer like this?"'
Why did the demons not leave me tonight?
"She said, 'I am sorry, Emily.
The demons are going to stay where they are. '
Then she said, 'You can come with me in peace...
... free of your bodily form...
... or you can choose to continue this.
You will suffer greatly.
But through you, many will come to see that the realm of the spirit is real.
The choice is yours. "'
I choose to stay.
"In the end, good will triumph over evil.
Through my experience...
...people will know that demons are real.
People say that God is dead.
But how can they think that...
...if I show them the devil?"
Did you see these wounds on both of Emily's hands and both feet?
Yes. Yes, the wounds lasted for some time.
And did you attach any supernatural significance to these wounds?
I believe they were stigmata.
By that, you mean supernatural injuries...
...that correspond to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ?
Yes.
Stigmata are a sign, a mark indicating one is touched by God.
After that night, why do you think Emily refused another exorcism?
I believe she'd accepted her fate.
Is there anything else you'd like to say about Emily?
No.
The defense rests.
Father Moore attaches divine significance...
...to the wounds on Emily's hands and feet.
Why?
Because he sees them as confirmation of what he wants to believe.
That Emily was a saint, touched by the hand of God.
I'm afraid the truth is far less inspiring.
Because the truth is, by the time these miraculous wounds appeared...
...Emily had already shown a tendency to injure herself...
...and simply did so again on one of the barbed-wire fences...
...surrounding the Rose family farm.
Father Moore's beliefs are based on archaic and irrational superstition.
Emily suffered because she was sick...
...not because she was a saint.
I'm a man of faith. And I am also a man of facts.
And in here, facts are what must matter.
And these are the facts of this case:
Emily Rose had epilepsy, which caused psychosis.
And, given time, medicine would have cured her.
But it didn't. Why? Because Father Richard Moore convinced Emily...
...that she wasn't ill, that she didn't need medicine.
And in the weeks leading up to her death...
...when she was clearly in need of medical treatment...
...he failed to have her hospitalized.
So...
...the defense has given us an extraordinary...
...creative explanation for the events that led to this.
Ladies and gentlemen, don't you believe it.
Because the fact is, it wasn't the devil that did this to Emily Rose.
It was the defendant.
Counselor.
Ethan Thomas calls himself a man of faith.
I, on the other hand, am a woman of doubt.
Angels and demons.
God and the devil.
These things either exist, or they do not exist.
Are we all alone in this life?
Or are we not alone?
Either thought is astonishing.
Do I really believe that this tragedy is the work of the devil?
To be honest, I don't know.
But I cannot deny that it's possible.
The prosecution wants you to believe...
...that Emily's psychotic epileptic disorder was a fact...
...because facts leave no room for reasonable doubt.
But this trial isn't about facts.
This trial is about possibilities.
Is it a fact that Emily was a hypersensitive...
...as Dr. Adani suggests?
A person who's more likely, by her very nature, to become possessed?
I can't say that, but the question is:
Is it possible?
Is it a fact that Gambutrol anesthetized Emily's brain...
...so that the exorcism ritual was rendered ineffective?
I can't be sure of that.
But is it possible?
Is it a fact that Emily was beloved by God?
And that after her exorcism, she chose to suffer till the end...
...so that we might believe in a more magical world?
A world where the spiritual realm really exists?
I can't say that's a fact.
But ask yourself:
Is it possible?
It's what Emily believed.
It's what Father Moore believed.
And that sincere belief is what determined her choices and his.
Now, for the most important question:
Is Father Richard Moore guilty...
...beyond a reasonable doubt, of negligent homicide?
Did he, in fact, neglect Emily's needs in such a way...
...that her death is now on his hands?
No! That is not a fact.
It is not a fact that Emily was epileptic.
It is not a fact that she was psychotic.
Facts...
...leave no room for possibilities.
The only fact...
...the only thing I know beyond a doubt in this case...
...is that Father Moore loved Emily with his whole heart.
He did everything in his power to help her.
He has risked his very freedom so we could hear her story.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...
...in my job I sometimes have to defend bad men.
Father Richard Moore is not one of them.
Don't send a good man to prison.
I'm not asking that you believe everything that Father Moore believes.
I'm simply asking that you believe in Father Moore.
Madam Foreman, has the jury reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honor.
Please read the verdict out loud.
"In the case of The People v. Father Richard Moore...
...we, the jury, find the defendant...
...guilty of negligent homicide."
The court thanks the jury for its service.
Sentencing for this case will be set for April 3rd.
Your Honor, if it pleases the court...
...Father Moore requested at the start of trial...
...that if found guilty, he would be sentenced immediately.
Yes, I recall that.
Does the prosecution have any objection to expedited sentencing?
Very well.
Father Richard Moore, do you understand this sentence...
...which has been found against you? - Yes, Your Honor.
And do you understand the gravity of this crime?
That you may, under the law, be sentenced to a term of up to 10 years?
Yes, I do.
Are there any statements you wish to make...
...before I impose this sentence?
- No, Your Honor. - Very well.
Excuse me, Your Honor...
...but the jury would like to make a recommendation...
...regarding the sentence. - Objection.
Sit down, counselor.
It's only a recommendation, and I would like to hear it.
We recommend a sentence of time served.
I'll accept that.
You are guilty, Father Moore.
And you are free to go.
- This court is dismissed. - All rise.
Thank you.
Well, you shocked us all.
Everyone at the firm sees this as another victory.
The archdiocese is pleased.
They feel the trial has raised public interest in the Church.
Have you seen the news?
There's our priest, leaving the courthouse a free man...
...right next to you.
Just like James Van Hopper.
All right, I'll say it. I was wrong.
But I'm ready to make it right.
I'm offering you a full partnership in the firm.
Keep it.
Will you be able to return to your parish?
I can't go back.
Not now.
Once you've looked into the darkness...
...I think you carry it with you for the rest of your life.
What about you?
I believe you've seen the darkness too.
I don't know.
I'm not sure what I've seen.
- Who chose the epitaph? - I did.
It's from the second chapter of Philippians, verse 12.
Emily recited it to me the night before she died.