Madagascar: shock troop exorcists | M6 | 66 minutes

These are practices from the Middle Ages: men, women and even children chained up day and night because they are mentally ill and treated with sessions of exorcism.In Madagascar, rather than go to the doctor, many families turn to the Lutheran Church to treat relatives who have psychological problems. And for the Preachers of this branch of Protestantism, a mental illness can only be caused by the presence of the devil in the body of the sick person.Why aren’t these sick people treated in hospitals? What is the attitude of the Madagascan authorities towards these highly questionable methods?