The Satanic Temple is an organization that advocates extreme rationalism. Its tenth edition is taking place in Boston, traditionally the most Catholic city in the United States for Irish immigration.
The mayor of the city, Michelle Wu – who, in a sign of the times, is not of Irish descent, but Taiwanese – has forbidden the Satanic Temple to use the City Hall building to launch the invocation that SatanCon should niciate. The leaders of the religion have decided to dedicate the festival to the head of the Consistory.