More and more Chileans are applying for membership at the Temple of Satan after years of sexual abuse scandals from the Catholic Church led to a crisis of faith for many.
Currently, there are about 100 members of The Temple of Satan: Satanists and Luciferians of Chile, but growing interest has led the group to request that the conservative Chilean government recognize them as a church, as reported by the Associated Press.
“These types of organizations now feel that they have greater support to challenge what was virtually impossible before,” Luis Bahamondes, a professor at the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Chile, told AP. “Until very recently, the Catholic Church enjoyed an unprecedented power. It had an opinion on everything: politics, economics, geopolitics, sexuality and education.”
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