A new application for the controversial ‘Satan club’ at a Chesapeake elementary school has been submitted, after the original local sponsor withdrew her name.
School Board Chairman Harry Murphy said Tuesday morning that the application for the club, hosted by The Satanic Temple, had been withdrawn. Within hours, local club volunteer Rose Bastet said a new application had been submitted to the school district.
News of the club began circulating online last week, as a flyer inviting children at B.M. Williams Primary in Chesapeake to “have fun at after-school Satan Club” made the rounds on social media. Critics planned to protest at an upcoming school board meeting and on the planned first meeting day of the club. Prayer groups were organized and on Sunday, a group of about 40 parishioners prayed the rosary, led by pastors from St. Benedict’s, outside the B.M. Williams school.
