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The invocation, ending in \"Hail Satan,\" led to a pastor demanding the prayer be reversed, and the mayor calling for a moment of silence.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T01:05:34.241Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-08T00:06:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T01:05:34.241Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":60,"critic":95,"hype":35,"notes":{"trust":"Named council members, mayor and pastor plus NY Post’s original report raise trust to 60.","critic":"Quotes, context and clear facts earn a 95 critic score.","hype":"Headline’s dramatic language yields a mild 35 hype rating."}},"tags":["#SatanicPrayer","#Ottumwa","#CityCouncil","#FreedomOfReligion","#IowaPolitics"],"entities":["Matt Dalbey","Rick Bick","Benjamin Foote","Ottumwa City Council","New York Post"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["A former Ottumwa City Council member, Matt Dalbey, read a satanic prayer at the start of a council meeting.","The prayer included the phrase \"Hail Satan\" and invoked \"Dear dark father.\"","Pastor Rick Bick demanded the council \"reverse this curse that was put on our city.\"","Mayor Benjamin Foote responded by ordering 30 seconds of silence for reflection."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A meeting of the Ottumwa City Council in Iowa began with a prayer that included satanic references. Former council member Matt Dalbey read the invocation, which concluded with the phrase \"Hail Satan.\" The prayer also included lines such as \"Dear dark father\" and a call to \"embrace the Luciferianian impulse to eat at the tree of knowledge.\""},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Following the prayer, Pastor Rick Bick of New Life Center addressed the council, stating that the invocation was \"a curse put on the city\" and demanded it be reversed. Mayor Benjamin Foote then called for 30 seconds of silence for reflection. The meeting proceeded after this pause."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on prayer's content"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The New York Post reported the prayer included \"Dear dark father\" and \"Hail Satan.\" Other reports, including digests from Fox News, wbap.com, and The Dallas Express News, also stated the prayer ended with \"Hail Satan.\" Digests from WND and WND Newscenter stated the prayer began with \"Dear dark father\" and included a rejection of \"arcane doctrines\" and a pursuit of \"luciferian impulses to eat of the tree of knowledge.\""},{"type":"heading","text":"Omissions"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated reports below mention the January-approved invocation policy by name or detail its specific allowance for statements from any faith or philosophy. 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