{"id":78964,"date":"2025-12-11T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=78964"},"modified":"2026-01-09T22:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:41:23","slug":"malachi-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/malachi-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are currently carrying the late Malachi Martin’s previously unpublished book for your discretion. (Click here for it<\/a><\/span>; we appreciate it; a Christmas gift? Your call.)<\/p>\n

We fully acknowledge that Malachi (once a Jesuit priest, then a bestselling author) is controversial and often made claims, especially on the late Art Bell’s highly popular radio show, that in some instances may have challenged credulity.<\/p>\n

But we give air to all sides and were highly impressed with his book Hostage To the Devil.<\/em><\/p>\n

Of Martin’s most sensational allegations during those radio interviews and in another book (this one a novel): That there once had been a “Satanic enthronement” at the Vatican.<\/p>\n

First, let’s get this out of the way:<\/span> In 1965, Martin, who died in\u00a0 requested and received a release from some of his Jesuit vows. He was given permission to live as a priest outside the Jesuit order and later was granted a form of \u201crelease\u201d that allowed him to function as a priest but not as a Jesuit.<\/p>\n

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He continued to say Mass privately and considered himself a priest until his death. He was not<\/em> laicized (defrocked) but also not in active public ministry. His insight into the Vatican came mainly as a close aide and scholar under Cardinal Augustin Bea, S.J. He also worked during the time of the Second Vatican Council as a translator and researcher.<\/p>\n

What Father Martin asseverated<\/span> was that the alleged “enthronement” took place in the Pauline chapel at the Vatican on July 1, 1963.<\/p>\n

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That July night, as the clocks in Rome struck midnight, Malachi Martin claimed that the satanic ceremony included extremely high-ranking members of the Catholic Church in the Vatican attempting to hand the Catholic Church over to Satan.<\/p>\n

One of the most famous scenes<\/span> in Martin’s novel was an alleged parallel satanic enthronement ritual in the U.S. South involving the abuse of a young girl Martin called “Agnes” (eleven years of age), extremely similar to a later-circulated account (at \u201ca small chapel in South Carolina\u201d).<[scroll for more:]
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