Dan Bloom
MailOnline
July 15, 2014
A priest who was jailed for killing a 23-year-old nun in a botched exorcism has been chased out of his village and forced to live in a remote forest hut.
Father Daniel Corogeanu, 33, left Sister Irina Cornici bound, gagged, strapped to a cross and without food or water for five days at an isolated monastery in Romania.
MailOnline
July 15, 2014
- Father Daniel Corogeanu was jailed for seven years after ritual killed nun, 23
- She was strapped to a cross and left without food or water for five days
- He promised to build a monastery in her memory when he was released
- But he was hounded out of its proposed base in Zapodeni, eastern Romania
- He is now hidden in remote wooden hut and refuses to leave, an official said
- The disturbing story inspired Cannes prize-winning film Beyond the Hills
A priest who was jailed for killing a 23-year-old nun in a botched exorcism has been chased out of his village and forced to live in a remote forest hut.
Father Daniel Corogeanu, 33, left Sister Irina Cornici bound, gagged, strapped to a cross and without food or water for five days at an isolated monastery in Romania.
Corogeanu, whose crime inspired a Cannes prize-winning film, was jailed for seven years in 2005 and vowed to build a monastery in her memory when he was released.