Satanists planning to hold a black mass at a public facility later this month in Oklahoma say they’ve sold all 88 tickets that were available for the event.
The Dakhma of Angra Mainyu, a Satanist church, will hold a mass on Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall.
“One of the dictates of the church is not only to educate the members but to educate the public and to debunk the Hollywood-projected image of our beliefs,” Adam Daniels told ABC News. Daniels was convicted in 2009 of “sexual battery of persons over the age of 16,” according to the state’s sex offender registry‘
Instead of having a naked woman on an altar, she’ll be wearing lingerie. An unconsecrated host will be used in the mass. The group was reportedly in possession of a stolen consecrated host, causing the local archdiocese to sue. It was returned to the archdiocese by an attorney representing Daniels.
Archbishop Paul Coakley told the National Catholic Register. “I remain concerned about the dark powers that this Satanic worship invites into our community and the spiritual danger that this poses to all who are involved in it, directly or indirectly.”