
It sounds like he really was being haunted or followed by something that he should not have been afraid of, but he was. And he sought help from religion & the people there could not help him. He has to face the being & see what it wants. If he trusts in God to protect him then what is there to be afraid of.
If even ONE actual evil paranormal entity actually existed it would have taken over the earth in one day. All we are seeing in the paranormal scene is people freaking out at beings who mean them no harm or are simply trying to teach the humans new concepts to expand their minds; so that we can know what reality actually is.