Fr. Chad Ripperger — Colorado Exorcist Testimony

Colorado / Archdiocese of Denver Public interviews and lecture archive Named exorcist ministry

Office

Exorcist serving in the Archdiocese of Denver

The official bio also places him earlier in Tulsa exorcism ministry from 2012 to 2016.

Community

Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother

Also called the Doloran Fathers.

Public record

Official bio + Doloran site + Sensus archive

Most public documentation comes through his own community and media appearances.

Case status

Anecdotal public retellings, not released diocesan dossiers

Underlying case files usually remain private.

The core public claim

Fr. Chad Ripperger is publicly identified by Our Sorrowful Mother’s Ministry as a Roman Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, and exorcist serving in the Archdiocese of Denver and as the founder and superior general of the Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother (the Doloran Fathers). The same official bio says he founded the community in 2012, served in exorcism work in Tulsa from 2012 to 2016, and then continued the ministry in Colorado.^[1]

The Doloran Fathers’ own site presents the community as one that works with people in severe spiritual need and directs inquiries about diabolic influence through that apostolate.^[2] In plainer terms, the public claim here is not about one named miracle case. It is that Ripperger is a real, publicly identified exorcist whose ministry produces a large stream of public teaching and anecdotes about exorcism and deliverance.

Ripperger file

1. Identity Named priest and founder The public file begins with Denver ministry and the Doloran Fathers community.
2. Role Exorcism ministry His own community openly directs severe spiritual-distress inquiries through the apostolate.
3. Public trail Talks and anecdotes Most case material survives as his own public teaching rather than as released diocesan files.

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The Ripperger page is a public-ministry file rather than a released case dossier: official biography, named exorcist role, and many later interviews and lectures. Site explainer graphic

Official identity record The strongest public anchor here is not one released exorcism case but a named priest, a named religious community, and a public exorcism role stated on official ministry pages.

That is what makes the Ripperger file stronger than anonymous internet stories: the ministry is attached to real institutions and a long public teaching archive under his own name.

Our Sorrowful Mother’s Ministry biography Open source

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Primary-source file

Official bio Our Sorrowful Mother's Ministry biography

The official event page gives the clearest public biography: Denver exorcist, founder of the Doloran Fathers, and former Tulsa ministry timeline.

osmm.org Official community Doloran Fathers mission and contact pages

The community site explains its work with people reporting severe spiritual distress and sends diabolic-influence inquiries through the apostolate.

dolorans.org Official archive Sensus Traditionis lecture archive

The archive preserves a large body of talks under his own name and directs case inquiries to the Doloran Fathers.

sensustraditionis.org

Publicly documented chronology

Public interview record

Ripperger is not known mainly through one single named exorcism file. He is known through a large public ministry record:

• long-form interviews
• conference talks
• books and prayer manuals
• the Sensus Traditionis lecture archive under his name^[3]

His public record includes repeated talks and interviews about exorcism, deliverance, discernment, and spiritual warfare.^{[3] [4] [5]} So the evidence here is mostly public speech and ministry activity, not released diocesan case records.

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Publicly attributed claims and stories

The public material most often circulated under his name includes both general teaching and a smaller number of vivid stories.

In 2022, the National Catholic Register highlighted a viral Chris Stefanick interview clip in which Ripperger described a confrontation with what he called an especially obstinate demon and said demons are “on a short leash” and can do only what Christ permits.^[4] The same Register piece says he described a “full-blown preternatural manifestation” in that encounter.^[4]

In the more recent A Reason for Hope interview summary from December 2025, his public teaching is presented less as a sequence of dramatic cases and more as a framework for discernment:

• not all interior suffering is demonic
• spiritual and psychological affliction need to be distinguished carefully
• grace, sacraments, virtue, and discernment remain central^[5]

The cited interview record includes both dramatic confrontation stories and instructional material on prayer, confession, family Rosary, sacramental life, and discernment.^{[4] [5]} That mix is important because it shows that his public presence is not only “here is a scary case.” It is also “here is how Catholics should think about spiritual danger in everyday life.”

Public record structure

Ripperger’s interviews often move back and forth between dramatic exorcism anecdotes and practical counsel about prayer, confession, family Rosary, sacramental life, and discernment between psychological and preternatural disturbance.

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What is publicly documented

This page is not built around one released diocesan case file. What is public is:

• his name, office, and community^[1][2]
• a large lecture and interview record under his own name^[3][4][5]
• repeated public claims about specific kinds of preternatural manifestations and about the ordinary spiritual means Catholics should use in response^[4][5]

What generally remains private are the underlying diocesan files, names of afflicted persons, and case documentation behind many of the anecdotes.

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References

1. Our Sorrowful Mother’s Ministry. “May 15-16, 2026 One Day Only! Sins of the Father With Fr. Ripperger & Dr. Dan Schneider.” Official event page with a current biographical summary identifying Fr. Chad Ripperger as an exorcist serving in the Archdiocese of Denver and founder/superior general of the Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother. Available at: https://osmm.org/event/sins-of-the-father-may-retreat-2026/
2. Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother (Doloran Fathers). “About Us.” Official community page describing the priests as assisting those in severe spiritual need. See also the main Doloran Fathers site for the Archdiocese of Denver setting and contact instructions for cases of diabolic influence. Available at: https://dolorans.org/about/ and https://dolorans.org/
3. Sensus Traditionis. Lecture archive under Fr. Chad Ripperger’s name, including series on spiritual warfare, psychology and morals, wounds and healing, and related topics. The site also directs case-related contact to the Doloran Fathers. Available at: https://sensustraditionis.org/release/spiritual-warfare/ and related archive pages.
4. National Catholic Register. “Exorcist Goes Viral on Social Media, Says ‘Demons Are Not to Be Feared’.” October 31, 2022 article summarizing a Chris Stefanick interview clip, including Ripperger’s statement that demons are on a short leash and his description of a preternatural manifestation. Available at: https://www.ncregister.com/blog/exorcist-says-demons-are-not-to-be-feared
5. A Reason for Hope / Array of Hope. “Exorcist Explains Spiritual Warfare and Catholic Mental Health | Fr Chad Ripperger.” December 15, 2025 episode summary describing his public teaching on discernment between spiritual and psychological affliction. Available at: https://a-reason-for-hope.cohostpodcasting.com/episodes/exorcist-explains-spiritual-warfare-and-catholic-mental-health-fr-chad-ripperger