Religion News Association Conference panel talk What Reporters are Getting Wrong: Lawsuits, Bias and the Nature of Truth” – David Johnson, a former reporter and editor at the Odessa American in Texas, was one of four Seattle-area Satanists known as “Queer Satanic” who were sued by The Satanic Temple from 2020 to 2024 in federal […]

Frivolous libel lawsuit latest in a series for religious org that claims to support “free speech” Update April 7, 2025: True to form, The Satanic Temple has given notice it will appeal this loss and attempt to resume the litigation against the reporter as an individual again. See below. A federal district court judge in […]

TST’s own court filings show it is not interested in any structural reform or protections for people in the org, only protecting the Temple’s owners The Satanic Temple has been suing Newsweek since February 2022 over a critical article the magazine published in October 2021 that focused on TST’s SLAPP action against the four of […]

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(8 p.m. Pacific Fridays / 0300 GMT Saturdays) [INFORMED DISSENT] The Satanic Temple Inc. v. Newsweek Magazine LLC TST’s own evidence reveals how poor its reaction to sexual abuse claims are The Satanic Temple has been suing Newsweek since 2022 over a critical article the magazine published in October 2021 focusing on TST’s SLAPP […]

Court filings reveal not only does TST pay to get positive news coverage to distract from the bad, it used the same PR guy the Church did — for exactly what you think Background: The Satanic Temple started suing four former members of its Washington State chapter in April 2020, accusing us of, among other […]

If you’re already familiar with our situation, feel free to skip down to “By The Numbers“. The background Beyond being a vibe, “Queer Satanic” is a group of four people who have been sued by The Satanic Temple since April 2020 over criticism of the Temple and its owners failing to live up to their […]

Last week, reporter Julia Duin filed her story that involved interviewing us about being sued by The Satanic Temple in federal court and some of the other complaints from previous members about TST’s pattern of behavior.