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church community and convinced the members that the devil had
taken hold of him and that the only way to break away was for
him to become head of his own organization, the Sons of Lucifer.
In this way, he said, he could destroy the satanic cult from within.
But to do so, he needed to buy a great deal of expensive satanic
regalia and black magic artifacts.
The rector of the church was hooked, and enlisted the support
and financial aid of many prominent politicians and businessmen.
One even provided a Rolls-Royce automobile so that Knight could
impress other members of the cult. The money he received was
spent on a lavish lifestyle. He was charged with nineteen counts
of fraud.
In his defense, he stated that he had no need to defraud anyone
because he made up to $25,000 a week from his prostitution
ring! Following his conviction, his mother stated that he had
bilked her of $92,000. She also said, “He often told me that you
can always take Christians for a ride because they won’t take
you to the law. Jail is probably the best thing that could happen
to him.”
In many cases, friends, family, and coworkers see what is going
on and may try to warn you. Well-meaning comments such as, “He’s
no good for you,” “Get out of that relationship,” and “You can’t trust
him or her” often go unheeded or may lead to your estrangement
from family and friends. The psychopath reinforces the isolation, and
sometimes, as in the case of psychopathic cult leaders, demands it.
They Don’t Get It: 3
Sebastian Burns and Atif Rafay were given three life terms
for savagely murdering Rafay’s mother, father, and sister in
Washington state for $500,000 in insurance money. Rafay and
Burns apparently believed that most people were stupid, that intelligent
people were above the law, and that the only crime is to