Although it happened in the early morning after Halloween night, the witches were not the promoters of the arson that completely destroyed a beautiful chapel of historical value in the small seaside resort of Bihuen Co, in the south of Buenos Aires province. Two weeks after the incident, police investigations concluded this Surprisingly, what was behind it was a type of music with anti-Judaic, anti-Christian and anti-Satanic lyrics.Which led to a 15-year-old teenager from the area committing the incident.
A search of the minor’s room led to the determination that he was addicted to Black Metal, an extreme subgenre of Heavy Metal, Which appeared in the 1980s and was standardized in the following decade in Norway. With dissonant strings, ripping vocals and repetitive beats, its performers wear black clothing, inverted crosses and nails, and their black and white makeup is considered a symbol of the genre to look like corpses, creating a gloomy atmosphere to express a nihilistic attitude and contempt for humanity.
Among the criminal records of black metal artists and followers, the following stand out: Burning more than fifty churches in Norway between 1992 and 1996 in retaliation for the “Christianization” of the country. But there’s also the 1993 murder of another guitarist in a band’s co-founder in Oslo. In 2004, A 25-year-old follower killed a priest in Santiago Cathedral in ChileAfter the priest finished celebrating Mass, he cut his throat.
Regarding what happened in Pehuén Có in the early hours of Saturday, November 1 The matter could have been worse had it not been for the quick intervention of firefighters. The fact is that the church was located in the middle of a pine forest where there were wooden cabins. “A disaster could have occurred without the effective intervention of firefighters,” he says. Clarion Father Adan Caraballo, in charge of the Sagrado Corazon de Jesus parish, in the city of Punta Alta, about 70 kilometers away, has jurisdiction over the church.
The incident was completed with satanic inscriptions in various parts of Pehuén Có Such as inverted crosses considered a rebellion against Christianity, pentagrams used by occult groups, and 666, the symbol of evil that appears in the Book of Revelation, in the Bible. They were even stamped on a boat. Even in a supermarket named San Benito as a way to prove the anti-religious nature of the attacks that were committed.
In a town with a population of less than 1,000 people like Bihuen Ko, The police did not take long to determine who was responsible for the incident and arrested the minor the day after the fire.. He was found in the street under the influence of a drug and intending to commit suicide, and was ordered hospitalized, first in Punta Alta and then in Bahía Blanca. “He seemed to be a very isolated boy and he was spending his time with others and one of them was manipulating them, according to some neighbors,” the priest says.
Father Caraballo points out that this fact poses a challenge for adults, a challenge implied by the relationship of minors with the digital world, which was revealed in an extreme case by the short series Adolescencia, which was released in recent months and had major repercussions. “It is clear that what happened was encouraged by the ease of access to networks without the supervision of the elderly,” Confirms. “I don’t think he lived with his father and I don’t know if he lived with his mother, but they told me he lived with his grandparents for a while,” he says.
He says, “One of his relatives appeared in the media saying that the boy suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar. I don’t know. What I can confirm is that It can be very dangerous for a person with mental disorders, if not treated, to consume certain substances. Because obviously it can cause changes. This is exacerbated by the fact that algorithms, as they set preferences, send you more of this content.
“I think there is a huge debt to psychology, to psychiatry in terms of treating realism, but also to society in general,” he says. In this sense, he confirms this “Parents feel there is a gap between the teenager’s virtual reality and what they live, often locked in their own room, “Regarding their work, their work, their daily concerns, which is a challenge for us older people.”
Caraballo stressed that although the complete destruction of the church – built with stones from the ship La Soprana, which ran aground near the spa in 1879 – was complete, The Holy Hosts (for Catholics the Body and Blood of Christ) and the holy oils used in the services that were in the Tabernacle were kept intact. Despite the tremendous heat, he considered it a miracle.
Finally, the priest expressed his desire, when circumstances permitted, “to approach the family of the minor who is suffering so much, without a look of condemnation, as much as possible, Contribute to your recovery“.
In order to raise money to rebuild the church, a bank account was opened at Banco Provincia under the assumed name. help.church.pehuen
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