The security co-ordinator at the American University of Nigeria, Adamawa State, Dr. Lionel Von Frederck Rawlins, has disclosed that he had worshipped in The Church of Satan in his country, the United States of America.

Rawlings, who is a forensic criminologist, later used the experience for his master’s degree thesis before turning it into a book entitled ‘The Church of Satan’. He told the Lagos-based Vanguard newspaper:

“It was the thesis for my master’s degree in criminology. I was fascinated by cultism and Satanism, witchcraft, voodoo, juju and how they used to kill people. They never called it satanic murder. The press would call it satanic murder but the court of law would not because there is no such thing in law. The court does not have any law that says it is a satanic, cult or juju murder. I was fascinated by how these people would commit murder and keep it secret and no one knows and they get away with it. So in doing that, I had to go interview witches in the US, it’s a legitimate religion so they don’t mind telling people they are witches protected by the constitution. They go to the church of Satan and they are proud of it. I had to go the Church of Satan.”

Asked what they do in The Church of Satan, Rawlins replied:

“They didn’t do anything weird in front of me. To get in there, I had to apply and they interviewed me. You can’t just walk in because they don’t know who you are or what you want. After a couple of months of trying to get in, they finally let me. They worship like everyone else but instead of singing praises to God, they sing praises to Satan and the cross is turned upside down. The singing was dark and evil but I wanted to interview many of them to see what actually they were about. The fact is, there are satanists, witches, juju, voodoo, etc. They are all there. Many of them are fraudsters, though. They defraud people out of their money but I would not tell people to be afraid to go out and do things because you are not going to find a bunch of people all around the world trying to kill you because Satan told them to.”

•Photo shows Dr. Rawlins.

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