From Catholic News Agency:
Authorities investigating a sharply disputed incident at a talk given at an Illinois Catholic church by Father Carlos Martins have filed a misdemeanor battery charge against the well-known exorcist, relic expert, and podcaster, who denies the allegation.
A criminal complaint filed Thursday by the Will County state attorney general accuses Martins of “knowingly without legal justification by any means made physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with I.K., a minor, in that said defendant placed the hair of I.K. in his mouth.” Martins’ lawyer, Marcella Burke, called the charge “egregious and unfounded.” The charge carries a penalty of a $100 fine.