85,000 join in petition to stop Black Mass in Oklahoma

September 15, 2014

More than 85,000 people have signed an online petition urging Oklahoma City officials to halt the performance of a Black Mass.

The organizers of the Satanic event, which is scheduled to take place in the city’s Civic Center, have said that they will not use a consecrated host, and that their ceremony will eliminate some other obscene rituals that might violate local laws. The organizers had originally claimed to have possession of a consecrated host, but returned it to the Oklahoma City archdiocese when threatened with a lawsuit.

Nevertheless, the online petition notes, “A black mass is intended as an attack on another religious group, namely Catholics.”

 

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Further information:

• Petition against OKC black mass draws support of 85,000 (CNA)
• Oklahoma archdiocese successful in lawsuit to block Black Mass (CWN, 8/21)