Heretics book 3 - The Apocryphile Press

THE KINGDOM :: 201
“The worst of it, gentlemen, is this.” He threw a stack of
collated papers down in front of him, and then handed half
of it to each of the bishops to his left and right. “This is a
record of selected postings to an online bulletin board specifically
for Satanists. Do you see the ‘handle’ on many of these
pages, ‘EnochianBitch’?” He pronounced it with obvious
distaste. “This handle belongs to Fr. Terry Milne, a halfbreed
Japanese. He is another member of this so-called
Order, who, by the way, lives in an open and unashamed
relationship with another man, a Jewish man, besides, who
shares his room at the Friary.”
Tom felt the urge to correct Hammet, to inform him that
actually, Terry and Brian inhabited a small cottage in the
back yard, but as the information wouldn’t actually do any
good, he let it slide. Instead, Tom turned his attention to the
stack of papers once it arrived in his lap.
“It’s a lengthy discussion, so allow me to fill you in on the
highlights,” Hammet said condescendingly. “In it, Fr. Milne
is having a friendly discussion with an official of the Ordo
Templi Orientis, a Satanic organization founded by that
notorious enemy of the faith, Aleister Crowley! As you can
see, Fr. Milne is not trying to sway the OTO official from his
error, nor trying to rescue anyone from the Satanist’s attacks.
In fact, far from it. If you will look at the highlighted portion
on page fourteen, you will see that Fr. Milne asks the Satanic
official if he were free to come to the Friary for dinner a week
hence, and would he like to bring his girlfriend as well?”
He let that sink in, and then continued. “On page twentyfive,
Fr. Milne argues the veracity of a twelfth-century grimoire
with a member of the Temple of Set, another Satanic
organization. Note again the highlighted portion. Fr. Milne
knows the grimoire is authentic because he has tried it, ‘and
the magick works.’”
Bishop Tom skipped to the page Hammet indicated and