Oklahoma City Catholic Archbishop Paul Coakley has filed a lawsuit
against a Satanist group claiming it stole a priceless, consecrated host
in order to sacrifice it, Courthouse News reported.
Coakley claims the holy host – a communion wafer – was obtained
illegally by the defendants, satanic leader Adam Daniels and his
religious organization Dakhma of Angra Mainyu, who have scheduled a black mass at the City Space Theatre in Oklahoma City on September 21 st where they intend to “desecrate and destroy it.”
The complaint asserts that the defendants plan on releasing sexual
fluids on the host and stomping on it during the black mass. The
satanic group’s website explains
that the black mass will involve “nudity, public urination, and other
sex acts' and have included 'forms of bestiality along with animal
sacrifice.'"
Yet, Daniels who is the organizer of the black mass, has denied
stealing the host and said the lawsuit was a form of “intimidation” to
stop the event from occurring, News OK reported.
Daniels said the host was lawfully obtained from a member of his
group who is a Catholic priest in a foreign country but refused to
reveal his name.
Still, the Reverend is convinced the host was taken under fraudulent
circumstances and is subsequently seeking an order from the district
court judge to halt the desecration of the host so that it can be
returned to the Archdiocese.
“It mocks Our Lord Jesus Christ, whom we Catholics believe is truly
present under the form of bread and wine in the Holy Eucharist when it
has been consecrated by a validly ordained priest,” he said.
Prior to the lawsuit, Coakley had been unsuccessful in persuading the
Civic Center from cancelling the event, which he says is deeply
offensive to the 250,000 or so Catholics who live in Oklahoma.
“I am especially 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,” the
complaint reads.
Despite the law suit, Daniels has announced that the black mass will
go ahead but has agreed to make slight changes so that a public viewing
can occur without breaking the state’s laws on nudity, public urination
and sex acts.
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