YVETTE INVESTIGATES: Real Exorcisms with Dean Jason Bray
Paranormal Activity with Yvette Fielding
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4.6 • 571 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
When most people hear the word "exorcism," they picture Hollywood horror.
But the reality is far quieter and perhaps far more unsettling.
This week, Yvette is joined by Reverend Dr Jason Bray, Dean of Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff and a practising deliverance minister for the Church of England, who has personally carried out exorcisms.
From the cold spot around his newborn's cot to the figure he sensed on the other side of a door, Jason's journey into this world began at home.
He reveals what really happens when the Church is called in, why deliverance ministers always work in pairs, the difference between "place memories" and active presences, and where he draws the line between the spiritual and the psychological.
This one will change how you think about the Church and what it quietly deals with every day.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Paranormal Activity with me, Yvette Fielding. Now, when you hear the word exorcism, |
| 0:09.9 | your mind probably jumped straight to something really horrific and dramatic, terrifying, something |
| 0:15.2 | straight out of a horror film. Twisted voices and violent possessions, priests battling something unseen in the |
| 0:22.6 | dead of night. But what have I told you? The reality is, well, very different because tonight |
| 0:29.0 | we're stepping into a world that is very real and very much still active. The Church of |
| 0:34.8 | England quietly deals with cases of hauntings, unexplained disturbances and |
| 0:39.8 | even suspected possession far more often than you might think. And joining me is a man is very nice |
| 0:47.9 | who works directly within that world, an Anglican priest, a dean and a deliverance minister |
| 0:53.7 | who has personally carried out exorcisms, |
| 0:57.0 | Dean Jason Bray from Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff. So this week, I'm asking what really happens |
| 1:04.4 | when the church is called in? |
| 1:10.1 | Welcome to another episode of paranormal activity and and as ever, I like to start the show with a fact or fiction and listen out for the correct answer at the end of the show. |
| 1:19.2 | As this week's episode is all about exorcisms, I want to know whether it's fact or fiction that most exorcisms involve violent possession. |
| 1:30.3 | Is it fact or fiction? Find out later. |
| 1:39.0 | Before we go any further, let's set the scene because this isn't folklore and it isn't fiction. |
| 1:45.2 | The Church of England, something many people assume, would dismiss the paranormal entirely. |
| 1:49.2 | That's what I thought when I started out on my paranormal journey. |
| 1:55.7 | Actually, the Church of England has trained individuals in every diocese all over the country whose role it is to investigate reports of hauntings, disturbances and possession. And these |
| 2:02.3 | individuals are known as deliverance ministers. And joining me today is one of them, Reverend Dr. Jason |
| 2:09.7 | Bray, the Dean of Landaff Cathedral in Cardiff. Now, Jason, I think a lot of people listening |
| 2:16.3 | to this might be very surprised that the church is not only aware of these cases, but actually and actively responding to them. |
| 2:26.7 | What exactly does a deliverance minister do day to day? |
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