A demonic possession occurred on May 1953 when Clarita Villanueva, a 17-year-old girl incarcerated at the ManilaCity Jail, was bitten and tormented by two demonic entities. American Pastor Lester Sumrall flew to Manila, Philippines, in order to deliver the girl from the evil spirits. The case has been widely and sensationally reported worldwide.
Background
Clarita Villanueva whose mother was a spiritist and fortune teller, never knew her father. When she was 12 years old, her mother died, forcing her into a life of prostitution. She did not have an immediate family to take care of her and she became a vagabond. From her island province home, she made her way into the capital city of Manila in the summer of 1953 looking for her father and settled in the district of Malate. Clarita was frequenting the bars and taverns of the city and soliciting men for harlotry. One morning, she mistakenly offered her service to a plainclothes police officer and was incarcerated at the Old Bilibid Prison, since she was a minor and prostitution is a crime in the city. According to the grandson of the judge who handled Clarita's case, she was possessed in the middle of a hearing. Clarita described her attackers as a "very big dark man with curly hair all over the body" and "a body with an angelic face and a big mustache".
Timeline
May 10
Clarita Villanueva was arrested on charges of vagrancy. It was unclear, however, if she was also arrested on charges of prostitution.
May 19
Clarita was surrounded by "about 100 medical specialists, nurses and Pressmen" according to Rodolfo Nazareno, a pressmen for the United Press. According to records, this was the first day when Pastor Lester Sumrall and Clarita Villanueva met, with the girl stating her hatred towards the pastor and God, and making blasphemous statements.
May 20
Manila MayorArsenio Lacson, who received reports about the incident, ordered that Clarita be brought to the city morgue so that he could see for himself. Within 15 minutes of sitting beside next to her, bite marks appeared on her index finger and neck. Lacson said that he saw the marks of a human teeth where Clarita had been bitten, and that "they were not made by her". Lacson was holding her hands when she was bitten. Clarita had been examined and was declared as mentally sound.
May 22
After three days of confrontation, Sumrall stated that the miracle of God came upon her and that Clarita said "He went that way" and "He's gone". The third day was the final time that the demons reportedly tormented her before fleeing in defeat.
