School bans Harry Potter books because ‘spells are real’

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A school in Nashville has removed all of the Harry Potter books from its library after a priest said the curses and spells are real. The school’s pastor, Reverend Dan Reehil, took the step after consulting with exorcists in America and Rome. He said: “These books present magic as both good and evil, which is not true, but in fact a clever deception.”

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