Husband: Regrets exorcism without help

ODESSA, Texas (AP) - The husband of a Texas woman who died while he claims he was doing an exorcism on her said he shouldn't have tried it alone.

The Odessa American reported Wednesday that Jan David Clark, 63, said in a jailhouse interview that he regrets attempting the 2008 exorcism without help. He told the newspaper that a group exorcism would have been more appropriate.

Authorities arrested Clark after they found Susan K. Clark's body wrapped in a sheet with a cross and sword on top of it on the floor of the master bathroom.

Clark, who told the newspaper he "did not willingly" kill his 59-year-old wife, is scheduled to stand trial in September for murder. An autopsy report said she died of suffocation.

Lawrence Barber, Clark's attorney, could not immediately be reached to comment.