I am Protestant, baptized and raised, but I do not ever hear about Protestant pastors driving out demons in exorcisms. We know the spiritual world is real, so exorcisms have to be real by default. Demons can call out our sins to accuse us and drag us down with them, so that is also universal between Catholics and Protestants.
So what is the defining difference that gives Catholics the power to do the exorcisms and not Protestants?
Do they teach in a way that gives more divine authority? Are we doing something wrong? Or is it withholding information within the Catholic church?
I think the answer is somewhere in the details...
The whole idea another man, funny Dagon hat or not, has any higher lot regarding spirit than you is one of the most arrogant, obnoxious and ghey things ever to "grace" this planet.
Raging crackheads, methheads, tweakers and zombies have muddied the waters...severe chemical imbalances don't constitute being possessed by the debble, even though some seem to think so.
There's a whole lot of superstition and fear around this topic that makes people believe things that aren't real - the phenomenon is rare. So many love theatrics... like the ghost hunter shows.