Fundies Gone Wild: More on the Florida Exorcism.

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Check out what the wacky Vice Mayor says at the end:

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Their 18-year-old daughter Danielle Rogers, a Stetson University student who was at an undisclosed protected location Saturday, was covered with olive oil when police arrived at the family's home June 27, according to a police report.

Danielle Rogers told police her father said the ritual was an effort to "get the demons out of her" and that her shirt and bra were ripped as she and her family struggled. Her family claimed Danielle Rogers tore off her own shirt and ripped her pants open in an effort to expose herself to her father, police wrote.

"Do you believe in God?" Daniel Rogers, 47, kept asking, twisting his daughter's arm, she told police.

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Edgewater council member Harriet Rhodes said Debra Rogers, an accountant, is known as religiously zealous and used to leave religious tracts for a former city manager. Rhodes said Rogers is entitled to her beliefs, but if the reports are substantiated, she went too far.

"I think it should be investigated, and if it's true, maybe they all need some family counseling," Rhodes said.

The former manager, Ken Hooper, said Debra Rogers also left notes, e-mails and voice mails with biblical phrases, and he considered that "strange."

"I've never had that happen before," said Hooper.

Debra, Daniel and Christina Rogers told police that Danielle Rogers has been confrontational and "out of control." A police officer wrote that he arrived at the home in response to a call from Christina and found Daniel Rogers holding Danielle Rogers, who was screaming and trying to break free. Both were covered in oil, which also had dripped onto the wood floor, creating a slippery mess. A lamp and other items were broken, the officer said. Danielle Rogers told the officer that her father had tried to "anoint her with oil to get Satan out," and dumped it on her head. Christina and her parents told police that Danielle knocked a large jug of oil out of her father's hands, causing it to spill.

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Edgewater Vice Mayor Dennis Vincenzi said whatever happened is personal, and he hopes it will not affect Rogers' work on the council. He described the couple as caring parents and said Debra Rogers does a "great job" for the city.

"A lot of people I've noticed turn to their religious faith when there are family problems and that's probably what they're doing," Vincenzi said.
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