William S. Bowdern
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Father William S. Bowdern, S.J. (February 13, 1897 - April 25, 1983) was a Catholic priest[1] of the Society of Jesus in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He was the author of The Problems of Courtship and Marriage printed by Our Sunday Visitor in 1939. He was a graduate of and taught at St. Louis University High School; he also taught at St. Louis University. Bowdern participated in an exorcism of Roland Doe in 1949. The incident became the basis of William Peter Blatty's novel, The Exorcist.
Exorcism
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In 1949, Bowdern was assisted in the exorcism of an anonymously-named boy by fellow Jesuit priest Walter Halloran. Author William Peter Blatty contacted Bowdern as part of his research for his novel, The Exorcist. In a 2000 TV-movie titled Possessed, Bowdern was played by Timothy Dalton.[2][3]
