Michael Stewart, President of the Kansas City-area Satanic Grotto, was arrested along with three others Friday after a fight broke out inside the Kansas Statehouse after he allegedly tried to hold ...

The permit Stewart obtained for the black mass allowed the Satanic Grotto to protest outside of the Statehouse — but not inside — after Gov. Laura Kelly banned any protests inside the building on the ...

Law enforcement took the leader of a satanic organization away Friday morning in handcuffs as protesters gathered at the Kansas Statehouse to voice their disagreements with a Black Mass ceremony.

About 30 members of the Kansas City-area Satanic Grotto, led by its president, Michael Stewart, rallied outside the Statehouse for the separation of church and state.

Michael Stewart, president of the Kansas Satanic Grotto, attempted to enter the building during the group’s Black Mass event outside the Statehouse.

Michael Stewart, the President of the Kansas City-area Satanic Grotto, speaks with reporters as the group's rally gets started outside the Kansas Statehouse, Friday, March 28, 2025, in Topeka, Kansas.

The state has denied the Satanic Grotto’s request for a permit to have another protest at the Kansas Statehouse. Back in March, the group held a Black Mass protest outside on the Capitol grounds. It ...

Arrest as Satanists hold Black Mass in ‘despicable act of anti-Catholic bigotry ... About 30 members of the Kansas City-area Satanic Grotto, led by president Michael Stewart, ...

Around 11:30 a.m. Friday, Satanic Grotto founder Michael Stewart made his way to the security checkpoint at the visitors entrance on the north side of the Statehouse. ... The Black Mass, ...

Michael Stewart, the President of the Kansas City-area Satanic Grotto, speaks with reporters as the group's rally gets started outside the Kansas Statehouse, Friday, March 28, 2025, in Topeka, Kansas.

4 arrested after satanist group attempts to hold Black Mass in Kansas Statehouse The leader of the Satanic Grotto and several others were arrested for unlawful assembly.