More on the Italian satanic cult

Here's a more detailed story on the satanic cult recently sentenced in Italy.

Jim Kouri writes:

According to Reuters, the Satanic killings sparked fears in Italy of a spread of devil cults, and the Vatican last year started a course for Roman Catholic priests on Satanism and exorcism in response to what the Church said was a worrying interest in the occult, particularly among the young.

The files of a number of other mysterious murders and suicides in northern Milan, particularly those that occurred when the moon was full or new, are being re-opened to see if they are related to the this cult. Links have already been established in two of the cases: the murder of another of Volpe’s girlfriends, Maddalena Russo, which took place on Friday the 13th in September, 1995; and the supposed suicide of another band member, Giuseppe Bontade, in 2000.

According to the leading Catholic exorcist at the Vatican, Father Gabriele Amorth, there are two types: those who adore the Devil, celebrate Satanic masses, have their own priests and hierarchy; and those who don’t believe in Satan, but engage in actions that are either iniquitous or against nature. The latter is more dangerous, said Fr. Amorth in an interview with journalist A.S. Guimaraes.

Italy remains shocked at the brutality of the killings and Catholic Church officials at the Vatican say they are concerned over recent research that showed Satanism was on the increase.

Father Aldo Bonaiuto, one of the Vatican’s team of anti-occult priests, said, "This trial has shown that justice is taking its course. However, the cruelty and gruesomeness linked to the world of Satanism is also very apparent from this case."

Here's a story I did on a priest from Canada who attended the exorcism school.