An Iowa city council meeting erupted into an awkward tizzy Tuesday when an attendee took the podium to read a satanic prayer — prompting outrage from a watching pastor who demanded the “curse” placed ...

A former Ottumwa City Council member opened a meeting with a satanic prayer ending in "Hail Satan," prompting a pastor to call the controversial incident a "curse." ...

An invocation at the beginning of Tuesday's Ottumwa City Council meeting overshadowed everything else that took place over the course of 80 minutes. Resident and former council member Matt ...

An Iowa mayor says he is reevaluating his city’s invocation policy after a satanic prayer delivered at a council meeting drew widespread attention. The Ottumwa City Council began Tuesday’s meeting ...

Ottumwa erupts in controversy after a city council invocation ends with 'Hail Satan', prompting a pastor to demand a curse reversal as officials review the policy.

Did an Iowa city council meeting open with a satanic prayer? Yes; former Ottumwa councilman Matt Dalbey read an invocation ending with 'Hail Satan' on Tuesday under the city's open prayer policy. The ...

BOSTON, May 7 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday appeared open to concluding the Boston City Council violated the Satanic Temple's rights when councilors declined to invite Satanists to ...

A city council meeting in Iowa came under an intense discussion amongst its council after a satanic prayer was read to open their council meeting this week.

Former council member Matt Dalbey delivered a Satanic invocation to open an Ottumwa, Iowa, City Council meeting. The local invocation policy allows residents to deliver public prayers to the council r ...