Vatican officials have become worried at the number of churches being desecrated by Satanists and there have been several grim murders linked to devil worship.

As a result, church officials have given Italian police help to set up a special unit to deal with the phenomenon, named the Squadra Anti Sette (SAS) Anti Sect Squad. Units will work out of cities across the country to combat the nationwide problem and will be centrally controlled from Rome by police chief Gianni De Gennaro.

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