A leader of a "nondenominational Satanic church" in Kansas and three others were arrested after a fight broke out between Satanists and Christians at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka.

The organizer of a “black mass” that took place outside the Kansas state Capitol on Friday amid heavy Catholic protest was arrested shortly afterward in the Capitol building after punching a ...

A counter-demonstrator attempts to disrupt a Black Mass ritual as Satanic Grotto leader Michael Stewart, top, conducts the ceremony at the Kansas State Capitol on Friday, March 28, 2025 ...

Capitol Police also arrested a man who tackled Stewart in an attempt to take the communion wafer he was stomping on.

Satanists in Kansas are planning to hold a "Black Mass" ritual at the state capitol in Topeka later this month to dedicate the grounds to the "glory of Satan." A "Black Mass" is a ritual performed ...

Hundreds of Christians upset with an organization’s plan to conduct a satanic black mass at the Kansas Capitol delivered ... on the south side of the Capitol that state public officials shouldn ...

(WIBW) - The leader of a Satanic group that sponsored a Black Mass was arrested along ... officers -- including from the Capitol Police and the Kansas Highway Patrol -- were on hand to provide ...

Officers tackled Michael Stewart, president of the Satanic Grotto, to the floor as he attempted to hold a Black Mass ceremony ... officers with the Kansas Highway Patrol and Capitol Police were ...

As the situation unfolded, Governor Laura Kelly had previously prohibited indoor protests at the Capitol ... of the Kansas Legislature condemned the planned Black Mass event, with the state's ...

A group called the Satanic Grotto is planning to have an event at the Kansas State Capitol on March 28 that involves the potential desecration of a consecrated host. The event has drawn criticism ...