(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., tried to get an exorcism after 42-year-old David DePape allegedly attacked her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer on Oct. 28, 2022, .
On Saturday, the New York Times published an interview with Nancy Pelosi and her daughter Alexandra, in which the latter revealed that her mother wanted to permit an exorcism.
“I think that weighed really heavy on her soul,” said Alexandra.
“I think she felt really guilty. I think that really broke her,” she continued. “Over Thanksgiving, she had priests coming, trying to have an exorcism of the house and having prayer services.”
The topic of exorcism came up when mother and daughter were talking about the attack.
On the night of Oct. 28, DePape allegedly broke in through a rear glass door and snuck into Paul Pelosi’s bedroom, where he was sleeping, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins stated.
Although Nancy Pelosi was not present at the time of the incident, subsequent accounts from DePape and others claim that the longtime San Francisco nudist and drug addict—who immigrated to the U.S. illegally from Canada—was targeting the then-House speaker for political reasons.
However, inconsistencies in the account, paired with the lack of transparency from public officials, has continued to fuel speculation that Pelosi may have been acquainted with DePape beforehand and let him into the house.
The district attorney’s office reported that Paul Pelosi called 911 from a bathroom, and when San Francisco police officers arrived at the scene, they found DePape and Paul Pelosi struggling over a hammer, according to the Post Millennial.
DePape was arrested and Paul Pelosi suffered a fractured skull, after the former hit him with the hammer. Paul Pelosi said the attacker was there for his wife.
On Nov. 1, DePape pleaded not guilty to several felonies, including charges of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, residential burglary, false imprisonment of an elder, elder abuse and threats to a public official and her family.
Nancy Pelosi describes herself as a “devout Catholic,” even though all her political stances could not be classified as such, specifically her support of abortions, the Daily Mail reported.
Last May, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco refused to give Pelosi communion specifically for that reason.
“A Catholic legislator who supports procured abortion, after knowing the teaching of the Church, commits a manifestly grave sin which is a cause of most serious scandal to others,” he told Pelosi.
“Therefore, universal Church law provides that such persons ‘are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.'”
However, Pelosi did receive communion during a papal Mass at the Vatican after she met Pope Francis.
