Town Council Meeting in Iowa Opens with Invocation to Satan

'Hail Satan' Erupts at Iowa City Council Meeting as Pastor Demands 'Curse' Be Reversed

Ottumwa erupts in controversy after a city council invocation ends with 'Hail Satan', prompting a pastor to demand a curse reversal as officials review the policy.

Iowa City Council Stunned as Satanist Invocation Sparks Outrage

An Iowa city council meeting took a shocking turn when a member delivered a Satanic invocation. The mayor's response leaves conservatives reeling.

Iowa City Council Meeting Erupts After Former Member Opens With "Hail Satan", And A Pastor Steps Up To "Reverse This Curse" - The American Tribune.com

A city council meeting in Iowa is going viral after it erupted into chaos following a resident opening the meeting with a prayer to Satan. Just before the Ottumwa City Council started their usual meeting, a former member, Matt Dalbey, opened by invoking the “dark father” to “embrace the Luciferian impulse to eat from the [...]

Hell breaks loose at council after Satanic prayer read

Matt Dalbey, a former member of Ottumwa City Council, opened up the meeting by addressing the 'dark father' and declaring: 'Hail Satan.'

Iowa City Council Meeting Opens With Prayer to Satan; Preacher Denounces Curse on City

At its meeting on October 6, the Ottumwa City Council permitted the Satanic Temple's Matt Dalbey to offer the “invocation.”

Offensive opening prayer would be protected speech, Osky mayor says

OSKALOOSA — Nobody's ever invoked a Satanic prayer to open an Oskaloosa City Council meeting, like an Ottumwa resident did at an Ottumwa City Council meeting earlier this week, but that's not to say they couldn't.