# Nurse charged after alleged exorcism on nursing home patient

> An officer doing a welfare check found a nurse standing over a nonverbal patient, saying demons had to come out.
- Title: Nurse charged after alleged exorcism on nursing home patient
- Summary: An officer doing a welfare check found a nurse standing over a nonverbal patient, saying demons had to come out. A nonverbal resident and her roommates could…
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- Source: Valleynewslive — https://valleynewslive.com/2026/09/12/nurse-accused-performing-exorcism-elderly-nursing-home-resident-report-says
- Published: 2026-09-12T01:11:26.493+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: elder abuse, nursing homes, pennsylvania, crime, health care, news, local
## A welfare check in Nazareth
On June 23, police in Nazareth, Pennsylvania were called to a county-run nursing facility after a report that a nurse was behaving strangely.
## Two hours behind a door
The caller told police the nurse had shut herself away with a patient and would not come out for roughly two hours.
## What the officer walked in on
An officer found Octavia Robinson standing over an elderly nonverbal patient with her fingers inside the patient's mouth.
## Demons that needed to come out
Court documents say Robinson told police there were demons inside the patient that had to be driven out of her.

> there were demons inside the patient that "needed to come out"
## Roommates tried to raise the alarm
A grand jury report said the woman's roommates tried to get help from both staff and officers while it was happening.
## Charges and a hospital hold
Robinson was charged with abuse of a care dependent person, harassment and simple assault, then taken to a hospital for an involuntary emergency mental health evaluation.
## Key takeaway

A nonverbal resident and her roommates could not get help on their own, and it took an outside welfare call before anyone intervened.