Asia's only dedicated exorcism centre, designed to train Philippine priests and clergy from across the region, sits just off a busy thoroughfare in the capital, Manila.
Inside, neatly made-up rooms for visiting priests line warmly lit halls that lead to a chapel where the 400-year-old ritual takes place.
Holy relics employed in the proceedings line one wall, another features a one-way mirror that allows family members and novice exorcists to observe.
Father Jose Francisco Syquia says the St Michael Centre for Spiritual Liberation and Exorcism, which opened five months ago, was built because "cases were piling up".
Trauma driven by bullying, sexual abuse, and the pain of separation as family members leave for work abroad has increasingly opened the door to spiritual attacks, he says.
