Father Vincent Lampert has called for more people to be trained as exorcists to fight an "army of demons"

MORE and more people are being possessed by the devil through porn and recreational drug use says priest.

Father Vincent Lampert, head priest at St. Malachy’s in Indianapolis, Indiana has called for more people to be trained as exorcists to fight what has been called an “army of demons.”

Father Vincent Lampert blames pornography and illegal drug taking for the rise in the number of people being ‘possessed by the devil’

The priest is just one of 400 Catholic leaders claimed to have gathered in Rome in October in order to plan how to recruit and train more exorcists.

In recent years there having been numerous stories of people possessed by demons.

Janet Moses, a mum of two was drowned in her bed when 40 members of her family tried filled her lungs with water and tried to ‘suck the evil’ out of her eyeballs.

The 22-year-old awoke in the night ‘possessed by the devil’ and screaming death threats to her family. As a result they decided an exorcism was necessary to fight these evils.

They threw bowls of water on her and sucked her eyeballs in an attempt to rid Janet of the devil, sadly resulting in her death.

But why does Father Vincent believe so many people are possessed by the devil?

“We’re in a fight with drugs, the occult, pornography,” he said, describing these habits as: “an entry point for evil.”

He went on to explain: “We need to take these souls back.”

Vincent claims he recently was forced to chase a demon out of one of his parishioners who had been cursed by his mother-in-law.

And the priest warns that without new recruits, there are no longer enough exorcists to deal with the growing devil problem in the world.

“Exorcism is like triage. We’re the emergency crew — but there aren’t enough of us,” Lampert explained to The New York Post.

Worryingly, he’s not the only person that is concerned about the rise in devils due to porn and illegal drugs.

Valter Cacioli, a psychologist and scientific consultant for the exorcist’s association has also raised his concerns over the growing number of people claiming to be ‘possessed by the devil’.

In an interview with the Italian Newspaper, La Stampa, he said: “The lack of exorcists is a real emergency.”

Earlier this year a girl was filmed writhing and crying when she was ‘possessed’ after playing ‘Satanic games’ with an ouija board

According to the exorcism expert, devils are making their way into people through vices, such as porn, drugs and the occult.