Nashville Private School Bans ‘Harry Potter’ Book Series

St. Edward Catholic School, a personal Roman Catholic college in Nashville, Tennessee, has eliminated “Harry Potter” books from its library resulting from its content material, specifically, the “curses and spells” that its pastor stated are within the books.

In an electronic mail obtained by The Tennessean, Rev. Dan Reehil, a pastor on the college, said that “These books present magic as both good and evil, which is not true, but in fact a clever deception. The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses and spells; which when read by a human being risk conjuring evil spirits into the presence of the person reading the text.”

Additionally, Reehil stated that he consulted with exorcists within the United States and Italy earlier than making the dedication that the books a couple of boy wizard and his mates ought to be eliminated.

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Rebecca Hammel, the superintendent of faculties for the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, advised The Tennessean that “Each pastor has canonical authority to make such decisions for his parish school,” and that “He’s well within his authority to act in that manner.”

She additionally advised the paper that she thinks that the “Harry Potter” books stay in different libraries within the diocese.

A rep for St. Edward Catholic School and Hammel didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from TheWrap.

The first “Harry Potter” e-book was revealed in 1997, however love for the collection — and its film spinoffs — has endured by 2019. A cellular app for Potterheads simply launched in June.