A Danish man accused of having sex with and pimping his 10-year-old daughter to a slew of men went on trial in Denmark in a case that has shocked the Scandinavian country.

The clerics have been seconded to the Squadra Anti Sette (SAS) anti-sect squad by the Vatican after Church officials became concerned about the number of churches being desecrated by Satanists. In recent months there have also been a string of murders that have been linked to devil worship.

Italian police want to set up a special unit to tackle the growth of new religious sects, particularly a violent new breed of home-grown Satanists.

The Roman official explained that satanic groups have become a significant concern for law-enforcement officials because of their involvement in drug trafficking and sexual violence.

Prosecutors do not rule out that other episodes of Satanist activity may come to light as the investigation proceeds.

LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- A man who said he worshipped Satan and enjoyed killing three people, stabbing and beating them and stomping on them with steel-toed boots, was executed Tuesday.

YONKERS — Officials at St. Joseph's Seminary are preparing to try to remove spray-painted satanic messages that maintenance workers discovered this morning.

Six members of the same family, including one child, were murdered by having their throats slit in northern Colombia, in a crime that authorities believe may have been carried out by a satanic cult.

ROME: Police are investigating whether the killing of four members of a family from southern Italy was carried out by a relative who believed he had done a deal with the devil.

Five Satanic cult members received heavy prison sentences today for killing the singer of their amateur rock band and two other women in brutal ritual murders that shocked Italy.

Satanists have condemned an attack on an 18th century Daventry church saying vandals who scrawled anti-Christian symbols across the building were "idiots".

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia's Islamic authorities are probing the alleged revival of a Satanic heavy metal cult whose members practice animal sacrifice and destroy religious texts including the Quran, a news report said Wednesday.

Text of report by Kyrgyz Independent Bishkek Television on 15 August

A court in Italy jailed a man for 19 years yesterday for his part in two satanic ritual killings which were committed when he was a minor.

PARIS: Satanism is gaining ground in France, leading to an increase in cemetery desecrations and anti-Christian rituals and developing links between disaffected youths and neo-Nazi groups, an official report said yesterday.

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