Satanic leader arrested after Black Mass, scuffle at Kansas Statehouse: 'A despicable act'

A person of a Satanist radical and 3 others were arrested Friday aft a combat broke retired wrong the Kansas Statehouse aft the person allegedly tried to clasp a Black Mass successful the rotunda.

Michael Stewart, caput of the Kansas City-area Satanic Grotto, was arrested aft video showed him punching a counter-protester who tried to instrumentality his script.

Kansas Highway Patrol officers tackled and handcuffed him arsenic helium yelled, "Hail, Satan!" He was aboriginal released connected $1,000 enslaved for disorderly behaviour and unlawful assembly.

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Stewart's nonprofit radical describes itself arsenic an "independent and nondenominational Satanic church." According to Stewart, the lawsuit initially drew small attraction until allegations surfaced that helium stole consecrated breadstuff from a section Catholic Church for usage successful the Black Mass.

Michael Stewart, president of the Kansas City-area Satanic Grotto, speaks with reporters arsenic the radical rallies extracurricular the Kansas Statehouse Friday successful Topeka. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Stewart and astir 30 of his group's members gathered extracurricular the statehouse to protestation what they called favoritism toward Christians. Hundreds of Christian counter-protesters sang hymns and urged them to "accept Jesus."

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly temporarily banned protests wrong for the time aft Catholic groups pressured her to halt the Black Mass. Catholic leaders called the lawsuit "a despicable enactment of anti-Catholic bigotry." Kelly issued her bid March 12, which applied to Stewart and his followers.

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"There are much constructive ways to protestation and explicit disagreements without insulting oregon denigrating ineffable spiritual symbols," Kelly said successful an announcement astir the event.

Pastor Jeremiah Hicks of The Cure Church successful Kansas City, Kansas, warned against allowing the event. 

"The Bible says Satan comes to steal, termination and destroy, truthful erstwhile we dedicate a authorities to Satan, we’re dedicating it to death," helium declared.

Catholics were among the Christians counter-protesting astatine a rally by the Satanic Grotto extracurricular the Kansas Statehouse, Friday, successful Topeka. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Satanic Grotto followers argued the lawsuit was astir escaped speech. Stewart's wife, Maenad Bee, told reporters, "He’s lone exercising his First Amendment rights."

Two different followers of Stewart, Jocelyn Frazee, 32, and Sean Anderson, 50, were besides arrested for unlawful assembly. Frazee had nary enslaved set, and Anderson’s enslaved accusation was unavailable astatine the clip of publication.

Marcus Schroeder, 21, a Christian counter-protester who tried to instrumentality Stewart’s script, was besides arrested for disorderly conduct. His enslaved was acceptable astatine $1,000.

Christians counter-protest astatine a rally extracurricular the Kansas Statehouse successful Topeka. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Karla Delgado, who attended with her 3 young children, admitted she tried to halt Stewart’s Satanic ceremony.

"When we saw cipher stopping him, we tried to bash it," she said. In the chaos, her 4-year-old girl was knocked down.

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Stewart said his radical scheduled the lawsuit reasoning lawmakers would beryllium successful session. He hinted they whitethorn return.

"Maybe ‘un-baptisms,’ close present successful the Capitol," helium said.

The Satanic Grotto did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.