
"If I was going to get involved in battling the devil, I needed to get a strong religion," he said. While he wasn't always the strong Roman Catholic he is today, Sarchie said that he realized that battling the forces of evil meant securing a good relationship with God. "I approach it from a religious point of view." It's like all your all other 'ologies,'" Sarchie said. (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for Sony Pictures Entertainment) Retired NYPD sergeant and film subject Ralph Sarchie attends a special screening of "Deliver Us From Evil," Jin New York City. "A murderer's look from a person is nothing like a person who is under possession."Īs for his work - a career that is certainly unconventional - the former cop broke his professional life down in simple terms. I dealt with a lot of emotionally disturbed persons I've arrested some pretty bad people and I have never, never in my life in the street seen anything like that," he said. Sarchie described the person as looking like a trapped animal who was scared but still very much a volatile predator attempting an escape. Of the many exorcisms he has participated in and assisted with, Sarchie - who became an independent part-time paranormal investigator while working with the NYPD - said the most terrifying thing he has seen occurred when he placed a crucifix next to a supposedly possessed individual's head. Watch Sarchie discuss his uncommon career below ( caution: disturbing themes and images):


There's a good portion of society that just cannot stomach Jesus Christ and when I see that, I have to wonder where that hatred comes from." "As society pushes God out, no one can deny that that's happening.


I hate to say it," Sarchie said in an interview. Sarchie, a self-described demonologist who was once a cop for the 46th police precinct in New York City - and the inspiration for the new Hollywood film " Deliver Us From Evil" - told TheBlaze that he believes possessions and infestations are on the rise. Despite always believing in the existence of good, evil and God, ex-New York Police Department sergeant Ralph Sarchie didn't consider himself a particularly religious guy - that is, until he began battling what he says are dangerous, supernatural forces.
