HEX AND THE CITY: Spain's Youngest Bishop Swaps Sanctimony For Satan's Secretary
Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
A Spanish bishop who spent his career banishing demons resigned from the priesthood to pursue a relationship with an author of erotic novels featuring Satan as a romantic lead.
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| 1:37.7 | Spain's Catholic community is in shock right now, after a bishop Xavier Novell, |
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| 1:50.5 | the 90s, abruptly resigned to pursue a romantic relationship with Sylvia Caball, an author |
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