Satanic Leader Arrested During Attempted 'Black Mass' at Kansas Statehouse
- The leader of the Kansas City-area Satanic Grotto, Michael Stewart, and three others were arrested during a scuffle at the Kansas Statehouse while trying to start a Black Mass in the rotunda.
- Governor Laura Kelly temporarily banned protests inside the Statehouse after receiving pressure from Roman Catholic groups.
- Hundreds of Christian counterprotesters rallied outside the Statehouse against the Satanic Grotto, which they accused of mocking the Catholic Mass and promoting anti-Christian sentiment.
- Both Stewart and counterprotester Marcus Schroeder were arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct, with each released on $1,000 bond.
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As Kansas Catholics pray, a Satanic group’s ‘black mass’ turns violent, with arrests
The altercation capped a month-long saga surrounding the Satanic group’s “black mass,” which founder Michael Stewart had sought to perform in the Capitol so that “God will fall and Kansas will be embraced by the black flame of Lucifer.”
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