I went through something quite similar in my childhood back in the 1970s. I read CS Lewis's "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" when I was about 10 years old. I was entranced by it, and I wanted to read the rest of the series. My dad bought a set for me.

Then the Christian school (primarily Baptist) that I attended warned my parents that the books were demonic. They were sacrilegious. They were blasphemous.

So Dad took the books and put them up on a high shelf and told me I was forbidden to read them.

I didn't obey him, because I've never been one to follow rules just because rules exist. I snuck read them, one at a time, under my blankets at night with a flashlight.

This was my first lesson in the inanity of conservative Christianity — in the tendency of conservative religious people to try to force their beliefs on people and to suppress books and other speech they find objectionable.

I went and read the link you provided about that Catholic priest who complained about spells. What strikes me first is that he's a superstitious, ignorant fool. His religious beliefs are just disgusting. He is disgusting.

I thought you were exaggerating, but this inane priest truly believes, or at least he said he truly believes, that reading the Harry Potter books could cause "demons" to inhabit the children who read them. He had his fears confirmed by consulting "exorcism" experts at the Vatican. 🙄 Paging Linda Blair!

Obviously, sensible people don't believe in that kind of howlingly superstitious horseshit.

It might be therefore be incumbent on people to examine their religious beliefs, and to examine the religious institutions they belong to. Are they encouraging or abetting howlingly superstitious horseshit?

There are so many different Christian denominations and individual churches to choose from. There's no need to choose howlingly superstitious horseshit.

No kids should ever have to sneak read a good book like I did.