Teen held after e-mailing Satanic threat to kill grandparents

[The Straight Story]

Teen held after e-mailing Satanic threat to kill grandparents


CORTLAND, Ohio (AP) -- A northeastern Ohio high school senior who sent an e-mail to the Church of Satan threatening to kill his grandparents was taken out of school this week and remains in police custody, police said.

Andrew Culver, 18, told police the e-mail, detailing his intention to kill his grandparents and steal their money and car, was a joke, said Bazetta Township police Chief Charles Sayers.

According to police, Culver wrote he had access to an arsenal of weapons and wanted to "kill in the name of our unholy lord Satan."

Culver sent the message on Wednesday to Peter Gilmore, the high priest of the New York City-based Church of Satan, Sayers said. Gilmore then alerted the FBI, which notified local police. Culver was taken out of class on Thursday and questioned by police, Sayers said.

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[lumberjack_jeff]

1. Better headline: Satan's minion alerts cops to murder plot. n/t

[kestrel91316]

4. Freedom of religion includes freedom to be a Satanist.

I get lots of weird looks for saying this. But the guy who alerted the police is evidence of why this needs to be. We are none of us free unless all of us are free.

He's a better "Christian" than most Christians, recognizing that freedom of religion ends where somebody else's body (and life and property) begins.

[nickinSTL]

6. yes, freedom of religion DOES include Satanism

of course, the vast majority of people think of Hollywood Satanism (that is what media has taught people to think Satanism is).

The Church of Satan - the real life Satanists - are NOTHING like the Hollywood view.

Satanists in the real world do NOT worship Satan, they do not engage in blood rituals sacrificing animals (or babies, for that matter).

Satanists deny the existence of any god, including Satan.

http://www.churchofsatan.com/

[Fridays Child]

5. And the bumper sticker...

[JackintheGreen]

2. Venom's album "Black Metal" was a joke

then Mayhem had to take it too far. I'm sure Varg Vikernes was only joking, too.

(just curious, how many people actually got these references?)

[The Straight Story]

3. Not me

:)