Vatican-linked university opened a course on diabolical possession and exorcism

[karyn]

from cnn

Satanic group jailed for slayings

ROME, Italy (AP) -- Two members of a heavy metal group called the "Beasts of Satan" who confessed to taking part in three ritual Satanic slayings were sentenced to prison Tuesday, and a third defendant was acquitted, Italian media reported.

Andrea Volpe, Pietro Guerrieri and Mario Maccione had confessed to roles in the grisly 1998 killings of Chiara Marino, 19, and Fabio Tollis, 16, in the woods outside of Milan. Five other members of their suspected Satanic cult have been ordered to stand trial in June.

Volpe, considered the mastermind of the ritual killings, was sentenced to 30 years in prison -- 10 more than prosecutors had asked for, the ANSA news agency said. Guerrieri was given 16 years in prison, and Maccione -- who authorities said played secondary role in the murders -- was cleared, according to the report.

Prosecutors said the suspects belonged to an occult sect that carried out the January 1998 killings in a drug-fueled Satanic ritual in woods near Somma Lombardo, northwest of Milan. Marino and Tollis were killed and buried next to each other.

Authorities say they had tried once before to kill the two by burning them alive in a car on New Year's Eve.

In the third slaying in January 2004, Mariangela Pezzotta -- Volpe's girlfriend -- was shot and then buried alive. The Pezzotta case led authorities to the buried remains of Tollis and Marino.

The cult members also stand accused of pushing a boy to commit suicide.

Prosecutors asked for relatively light prison terms because the suspects cooperated with the investigation and expressed remorse. Prosecutors and court officials were not immediately available for comment after the ruling Tuesday.

Relatives of the victims expressed outrage that prosecutors did not seek life terms.

"They are murderers," Lina Marino, mother of Chiara Marino, told Italian television reporters. "It's not fair."

The verdict comes amid growing concern in Italy that young people are turning to Satanism and the occult. On Thursday, a Vatican-linked university opened a two-month course on diabolical possession and exorcism.

[Tequila Zaire]

Where do these metal heads get these "satanic" rituals anyhow or do they just make this shit up as they go along?

[23*]

Where do these metal heads get these "satanic" rituals anyhow or do they just make this shit up as they go along?

im sure its all written in some book....

[One Eyed Cat]

To me, the resonant point of the article was the killing of three human beings. One need not study at a "Vatican linked University", altho I do see the folly you are reporting.

OEC

[Tequila Zaire]

im sure its all written in some book....

What..."Metalhead Satanism for Idiots"?

I've read a lot of occult books and the only books ever to mention the idiocy they get up too are over the top ones to discredit the occult and ones focused on ancient faiths that predate the christian "satan". It's sure as hell not LeVay's Satanism...it's more like the shit the christian reich spew about satanism and the occult.

[23*]

What..."Metalhead Satanism for Idiots"?

I've read a lot of occult books and the only books ever to mention the idiocy they get up too are over the top ones to discredit the occult and ones focused on ancient faiths that predate the christian "satan". It's sure as hell not LeVay's Satanism...it's more like the shit the christian reich spew about satanism and the occult.

obviously.
thats why its always "some book....."

[Nudemuse]

obviously.
thats why its always "some book....."

It's always some book isn't it.

[memorydream]

Well, it's about time, there was only one accredited univeristy left!