Could it be that the true story of movie "The Exorcist" was actually a case of sexual abuse?

IANVS

I’ve wondered the same thing from watching the Exorcist. The girl’s behavior in the movie suddenly changes as the demon  possesses her for reasons not made entirely clear. Sure it could’ve been lazy writing but why make a major motion picture about a story without a strong plot? There was actually plenty of potential for a strong plot too. The girl’s dad wasn’t around, the mom had a weird guy friend who actually seemed like someone you wouldn’t want to be alone in a room with your 13 year old daughter (he actually was in her room and wound up dead), the priest allegedly had a run in with this demon long ago. Any of these aspects of the story could’ve been expanded upon or made more clear but they weren’t. The focus was entirely on the girl being possessed without explanation. I’ve read a few discussions about it where people speculated all kinds of possibilities including being molested by her now estranged father, being punished for masturbation, and being nothing more than a film meant to glorify the church. But all just fan theories. It may have just been an entirely innocent horror film badly written. The plot could have been so uninteresting and subtle compared to the scenes with the demon vomiting green ooze (for example) that it was commonly overlooked 

I’ve dealt with troubled children in real life though and have to say that her character’s behavior (minus the parts which defy the laws of physics) does seem to suggest that the “demon” was nothing more than a metaphor for some type of abuse. I believe a doctor in the movie suggests that might be the cause. The creators of the movie removed any implication of wrong doing by anyone though if that was the origin of the story

Not sure what to think about that whole church conspiracy either. Good luck getting to the bottom of that. Could be church haters spreading rumors or it could be church people concealing dirty secrets. It would make sense that the church would quickly assemble a ham fisted film with a flimsy plot which includes two heroic priests in retaliation to such a scandal. They’d have the money and influence to see that it reached a large audience too

ZeusAres42

@IANVS

I think the true story revolves around some instances where the boy was recorded to have displayed some obscene behavior which I think should also signal alarm bells for a case of abuse. The kind of behavior you would not expect a 13-year-old boy to engage in I think signals alarm bells for a case of abuse.

Hopefully and perhaps the perpetrator was convicted. I actually now hold that this was the case and that the story about demonic possession at the time was no more than just a cover-up as this would have been an embarrassment to the church as well as the family.