Father Kleber Tostes is appointed exorcist by the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto (SP). Disclosure The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto (SP) appointed this Monday (20) Father Kleber Tostes Pedro to carry out exorcisms in the region. Until then, no priest was expressly authorized for this role in the Archdiocese, which covers parishes in 20 municipalities in the interior of São Paulo. ?Exorcism is a liturgical rite provided for by the Catholic Church in which the priest invokes the name of Jesus Christ with the aim of freeing a person from the power of evil. The practice has rules and parameters set out in the Code of Canon Law, and the appointed priest must provide himself with all the medical information to differentiate a psychic problem, for example, from a case understood as demonic possession by the Church. ?Click here to follow the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp "We grant you, by this document, the peculiar and express faculty to celebrate the rite of Major Exorcism in favor of the faithful who need it, always in strict observance of the Exorcism Ritual approved by the Holy See and under the spiritual guidance of the Metropolitan Archbishop", determined the archdiocese, in a document signed by Archbishop Dom Moacir Silva and the Chancellor of the Curia Metropolitan, Father Samuel Matias. Altar of the Metropolitan Cathedral of São Sebastião in Ribeirão Preto, SP Aurélio Sal/EPTV Responsible for the Jesus Merciful and Santa Edwiges Parish, in Jardim Nova Aliança, Father Kleber Tostes is 49 years old and was ordained in 2003. The document published by the Archdiocese mentions the spiritual needs of the faithful in the Ribeirão Preto region and the attributes of the priest, such as preparation, doctrinal knowledge and prudence, to assume the role for an indefinite period. "We strongly recommend that you exercise this role [duty] with extreme prudence, pastoral charity and discernment, respecting the Church's guidelines on the ministry of exorcism." Meet the exorcist priest of Santa Catarina See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto and Franca VIDEOS: Everything about Ribeirão Preto, Franca and the region