This is the horrific moment a woman was pinned to the ground while writhing in pain as priests performed an exorcism . The 22-year-old woman , identified only by her first name Laura , was held down in a church in Buenos Aires , Argentina as Bishop Manuel Acuna , 52 , ordered a demon to leave her body . As she screamed 'no , no ' and shouted abuse at one of the women holding her down , Bishop Acuna was heard muttering : 'Leave , leave her now . ' Pictures have emerged of a woman being pinned to the ground while writhing in pain as priests performed an exorcism . The 22-year-old woman ( pictured ) , identified only by her first name Laura , was held down in a church in Buenos Aires , Argentina . Bishop Manuel Acuna ( pictured ) , 52 , stood over Laura and ordered a demon to leave her body . Before the exorcism , locals gathered at the Lutheran Charismatic Church praying for her soul and redemption . Bishop Acuna told them : 'The demon exists . He 's not an idea , he 's not a theory , he 's not something abstract . 'The devil is a personality and therefore has a strategy . We are talking about something terrifying , a fallen angel . The devil is not a metaphor . 'The devil is something real that Jesus Christ faced . The devil looks for the perdition of the human being and for this he will use any possible evil instrument . ' Laura ( pictured ) screamed 'No , No ' and shouted 'Whore ' at one of the women holding her down . Intervention : Bishop Acuna was heard muttering 'leave , leave her now ' as the woman was being pinned down . Locals said they could hear Laura 'screaming and crying ' from inside a chamber at the church in Buenos Aires . Laura was then led into a chamber where church helpers held her to the ground . Local man Augustus Amador Arevalo , 32 , who had gone to pray for her said : 'We could hear her screaming and crying and we prayed for her deliverance . 'She was a good girl but turned bad when the devil possessed her . She had to be exorcised , she had to be free . ' The exorcism came to an end when she suddenly gave a strangled cry and closed her eyes , falling backwards exhausted . The exorcism reportedly took place at the Lutheran Charismatic Church in Buenos Aires , Argentina . Bishop Manuel Acuna ( pictured ) said Laura had encountered ' a group of demons similar to the ones that Jesus faced ' The exorcism came to an end when she suddenly gave a strangled cry and closed her eyes , falling backwards exhausted . She could be seen wiping away tears as the priest once again made the sign of the cross over her body . Bishop Acuna said : 'Thank God , we 've recovered a daughter of God . You have n't seen a major exorcism . 'This was a group of demons similar to the ones that Jesus faced . Her delivery is God 's gift for us today . '
Woman was held down while bishop carried out the exorcism in Argentina . 22-year-old heard screaming 'No , No ' while writhing in pain on the ground . Locals 'prayed for her soul ' at the Lutheran Charismatic Church , Buenos Aires . She was then led into a chamber where church helpers pinned her down .