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{{Short description|Daughter of Anton LaVey}}
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| name = Karla LaVey
| name = Karla LaVey
| image = Karla LaVey.jpg
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| caption = Karla LaVey (age 60) at the 2012 Black X Mass show.
| caption = Karla LaVey at the 2012 Black X Mass show.
| birth_name = Karla Maritza LaVey
| birth_name = Karla Maritza LaVey
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|31}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|31}}
| birth_place = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S.
| years_active = 1972–present
| years_active = 1972–present
| occupation = Radio presenter, music [[Impresario|impresario]], religious leader, and founder of First Satanic Church
| occupation = Radio presenter, music [[impresario]], religious leader, and founder of First Satanic Church
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| relatives = [[Zeena Schreck]] (half-sister)
| relatives = [[Zeena Schreck]] (half-sister)
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'''Karla Maritza LaVey''' (born July 31, 1952) is the daughter and eldest child of [[Church of Satan]] founder [[Anton LaVey]]. She is an American radio host, former [[high priestess]] of her father's organization and founder and administrator of the [[First Satanic Church]] in [[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]].{{sfn|Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices|J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann|2010|p=701}}
'''Karla Maritza LaVey''' (born July 31, 1952) is the daughter and eldest child of [[Church of Satan]] founder [[Anton LaVey]]. She is an American radio host, former [[high priestess]] of her father's organization and founder and administrator of the [[First Satanic Church]] in [[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |year=2010 |article=Indonesia |editor-surname1=Melton |editor-given1=J. Gordon |editor-surname2=Baumann |editor-given2=Martin |editor-link1=J. Gordon Melton |encyclopedia=Religions of the world: a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices |edition=2nd |place=Santa Barbara; Denver; Oxford |publisher=ABC-CLIO |volume=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2yiyLLOj88C |isbn=978-1-59884-203-6 |page=701}}</ref>


Karla has been featured on television, on radio, and in news and magazine articles, including Fox News.<ref>{{cite news |first=Stephanie |last=Nolasco |date=2018-06-20 |title=Mariska Hargitay recalls life lessons she learned from her father after family tragedy |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,93299,00.html |work=FoxNews }}</ref> She has lectured on the subject of [[LaVeyan Satanism|Satanism]] around the world. She can be seen in the films ''[[Satanis: The Devil's Mass]]'' (1970), ''[[Witchcraft 70]]'' (1970), and ''[[Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey|Speak of the Devil]]'' (1993).{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Karla has been featured on television, on radio, and in news and magazine articles, including Fox News.<ref>{{cite news |first=Stephanie |last=Nolasco |date=2018-06-20 |title=Mariska Hargitay recalls life lessons she learned from her father after family tragedy |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,93299,00.html |work=FoxNews }}</ref> She has lectured on the subject of [[LaVeyan Satanism|Satanism]] around the world. She can be seen in the films ''[[Satanis: The Devil's Mass]]'' (1970), ''[[Witchcraft 70]]'' (1970), and ''[[Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey|Speak of the Devil]]'' (1993).{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}


==Biography==
==Biography==
Karla was born to Carole Lansing and Anton LaVey in San Francisco. She has two half siblings, [[Zeena Schreck]] and [[Satan Xerxes Carnacki LaVey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dpjs.co.uk/church_of_satan.html |title=The Church Of Satan |first=Vexen |last=Crabtree |date=2002 }}</ref> She founded the First Satanic Church headquartered in San Francisco in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |last1=LaVey |first1=Karla |title=First Satanic Church - Official Website |url=https://www.satanicchurch.com/ |website=satanicchurch.com}}</ref> She was a founding member of her father's Church of Satan, and acted as a public representative for both the church and her father for the better part of four decades. In the 1970s, she was very close friends with [[Alice Cooper]], whom she later introduced to her father.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Karla was born to Carole Lansing and Anton LaVey in San Francisco. She has two half siblings, [[Zeena Schreck]] and [[Satan Xerxes Carnacki LaVey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dpjs.co.uk/church_of_satan.html |title=The Church Of Satan |first=Vexen |last=Crabtree |date=2002 }}</ref> She founded the First Satanic Church headquartered in San Francisco in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |last1=LaVey |first1=Karla |title=First Satanic Church - Official Website |url=https://www.satanicchurch.com/ |website=satanicchurch.com |access-date=2020-06-26 |archive-date=2020-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111172636/https://www.satanicchurch.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was a founding member of her father's Church of Satan and acted as a public representative for both the church and her father for the better part of four decades.


In 1979, Karla was dispatched to Amsterdam to oversee the International Church of Satan headquarters<ref>"Satan Wants you" by Arthur Lyons – Mysterious Press (June 1988) {{ISBN|0-89296-217-8}}</ref> which acted as a liaison to its members overseas. During this time, Karla was given the title High Priestess of the Church of Satan,{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} which she would occasionally use in interviews with print media and her lecture tours. Throughout the 1990s, Karla made numerous appearances on television combating the [[Satanic ritual abuse|Satanic Panic]] that seemed so prevalent for that time. Some of her appearances included the ''[[Joan Rivers]] Show'', ''[[Ron Reagan]] Show'', ''[[20/20 (US television series)|20/20]]'', and ''[[60 Minutes]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
In 1979, Karla was dispatched to Amsterdam to oversee the International Church of Satan headquarters<ref>"Satan Wants you" by Arthur Lyons – Mysterious Press (June 1988) {{ISBN|0-89296-217-8}}</ref> which acted as a liaison to its members overseas.


On October 29, 1997 Anton LaVey died of [[pulmonary edema]]. Being the next of kin to Anton LaVey, Karla held a press conference on November 7, 1997, to announce her father's death. It was at this time that [[Blanche Barton]] and Karla LaVey announced that they would run the [[Church of Satan]] jointly as co-high priestesses.<ref>{{cite news |first=Susan |last=Sward |date=1997-11-08 |title=Satanist's Daughter To Keep the 'Faith' |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Satanist-s-Daughter-To-Keep-the-Faith-Famed-2823677.php |website=sfgate.com |publisher=SFGate }}</ref>
On October 29, 1997, Anton LaVey died of [[pulmonary edema]]. Being the next of kin to Anton LaVey, Karla held a press conference on November 7, 1997, to announce her father's death. It was at this time that [[Blanche Barton]] and Karla LaVey announced that they would run the [[Church of Satan]] jointly as co-high priestesses.<ref>{{cite news |first=Susan |last=Sward |date=1997-11-08 |title=Satanist's Daughter To Keep the 'Faith' |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Satanist-s-Daughter-To-Keep-the-Faith-Famed-2823677.php |website=sfgate.com |publisher=SFGate }}</ref>


Several days after Anton LaVey's death, Barton produced a [[Will and testament|hand written will]] claiming that LaVey had left all of his belongings, property, writings, and royalties, including the Church of Satan, to Barton's toddler son who had been fathered by LaVey. The entire LaVey estate, Barton claimed, was to be put in a trust for the son, managed by Barton. Karla [[Will contest|contested]] this will, and the [[San Francisco County Superior Court|San Francisco]] [[probate court]] subsequently decreed the will to be invalid.<ref name="settlement"/>
Several days after Anton LaVey's death, Barton produced a [[Will and testament|hand written will]] claiming that LaVey had left all of his belongings, property, writings, and royalties, including the Church of Satan, to Barton's toddler son who had been fathered by LaVey. The entire LaVey estate, Barton claimed, was to be put in a trust for the son, managed by Barton. Karla [[Will contest|contested]] this will, and the [[San Francisco County Superior Court|San Francisco]] [[probate court]] subsequently decreed the will to be invalid.<ref name="settlement">{{cite web |last1=Ethan |first1=Clarke |title=Ethan Clarke & Carl Abrahamsson presenting at Brunnenburg Castle |website=[[YouTube]] |date=June 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wqXY9uykvw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/-wqXY9uykvw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


A few years later, on October 31, 2001, a court settlement was reached in which Anton's belongings, [[intellectual property]], and [[Royalty payment|royalties]] would be split equally among his three children: Karla; Zeena; and LaVey's son by Barton (Satan Xerxes Carnacki LaVey, also known as Ethan Clarke).<ref name="settlement">{{cite web |last1=Ethan |first1=Clarke |title=Ethan Clarke & Carl Abrahamsson presenting at Brunnenburg Castle |website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wqXY9uykvw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/-wqXY9uykvw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The settlement also stipulated that Barton would receive the "corporation known as Church of Satan".<ref>{{cite news |first=Don |last=Lattin |date=1999-01-25 |title=Satan's Den in Great Disrepair / Relatives of S.F. hellhound Anton LaVey battle over 'Black House' |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Satan-s-Den-in-Great-Disrepair-Relatives-of-2950487.php |website=sfgate.com |publisher=SFGate}}</ref>
A few years later, on October 31, 2001, a court settlement was reached in which Anton's belongings, [[intellectual property]], and [[Royalty payment|royalties]] would be split equally among his three children: Karla; Zeena; and LaVey's son by Barton (Satan Xerxes Carnacki LaVey). The settlement also stipulated that Barton would receive the "corporation known as Church of Satan".<ref>{{cite news |first=Don |last=Lattin |date=1999-01-25 |title=Satan's Den in Great Disrepair / Relatives of S.F. hellhound Anton LaVey battle over 'Black House' |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Satan-s-Den-in-Great-Disrepair-Relatives-of-2950487.php |website=sfgate.com |publisher=SFGate}}</ref>

Under Blanche Barton's leadership, the Church of Satan was moved to [[New York City]], and Barton handed the corporate title over to [[Peter H. Gilmore|Peter Gilmore]], who now runs the business with his wife [[Peggy Nadramia]].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

In 1999, Karla decided to continue her father's work by starting her own Satanic organization in his memory called the First Satanic Church, running it out of San Francisco just as her father had. Currently, Karla LaVey promotes and sponsors live Satanic events, shows, and concerts. She also hosts a weekly radio show in San Francisco. She is married.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}


==See also==
==See also==
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Latest revision as of 12:45, 6 January 2025

Karla LaVey
Karla LaVey at the 2012 Black X Mass show.
Born
Karla Maritza LaVey

(1952-07-31) July 31, 1952 (age 72)
Occupation(s)Radio presenter, music impresario, religious leader, and founder of First Satanic Church
Years active1972–present
Parent(s)Anton LaVey
Carole Lansing
RelativesZeena Schreck (half-sister)

Karla Maritza LaVey (born July 31, 1952) is the daughter and eldest child of Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey. She is an American radio host, former high priestess of her father's organization and founder and administrator of the First Satanic Church in San Francisco, California.[1]

Karla has been featured on television, on radio, and in news and magazine articles, including Fox News.[2] She has lectured on the subject of Satanism around the world. She can be seen in the films Satanis: The Devil's Mass (1970), Witchcraft 70 (1970), and Speak of the Devil (1993).[citation needed]

Biography

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Karla was born to Carole Lansing and Anton LaVey in San Francisco. She has two half siblings, Zeena Schreck and Satan Xerxes Carnacki LaVey.[3] She founded the First Satanic Church headquartered in San Francisco in 1999.[4] She was a founding member of her father's Church of Satan and acted as a public representative for both the church and her father for the better part of four decades.

In 1979, Karla was dispatched to Amsterdam to oversee the International Church of Satan headquarters[5] which acted as a liaison to its members overseas.

On October 29, 1997, Anton LaVey died of pulmonary edema. Being the next of kin to Anton LaVey, Karla held a press conference on November 7, 1997, to announce her father's death. It was at this time that Blanche Barton and Karla LaVey announced that they would run the Church of Satan jointly as co-high priestesses.[6]

Several days after Anton LaVey's death, Barton produced a hand written will claiming that LaVey had left all of his belongings, property, writings, and royalties, including the Church of Satan, to Barton's toddler son who had been fathered by LaVey. The entire LaVey estate, Barton claimed, was to be put in a trust for the son, managed by Barton. Karla contested this will, and the San Francisco probate court subsequently decreed the will to be invalid.[7]

A few years later, on October 31, 2001, a court settlement was reached in which Anton's belongings, intellectual property, and royalties would be split equally among his three children: Karla; Zeena; and LaVey's son by Barton (Satan Xerxes Carnacki LaVey). The settlement also stipulated that Barton would receive the "corporation known as Church of Satan".[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Melton, J. Gordon; Baumann, Martin, eds. (2010). "Indonesia". Religions of the world: a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices. Vol. 4 (2nd ed.). Santa Barbara; Denver; Oxford: ABC-CLIO. p. 701. ISBN 978-1-59884-203-6.
  2. ^ Nolasco, Stephanie (2018-06-20). "Mariska Hargitay recalls life lessons she learned from her father after family tragedy". FoxNews.
  3. ^ Crabtree, Vexen (2002). "The Church Of Satan".
  4. ^ LaVey, Karla. "First Satanic Church - Official Website". satanicchurch.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  5. ^ "Satan Wants you" by Arthur Lyons – Mysterious Press (June 1988) ISBN 0-89296-217-8
  6. ^ Sward, Susan (1997-11-08). "Satanist's Daughter To Keep the 'Faith'". sfgate.com. SFGate.
  7. ^ Ethan, Clarke (June 2020). "Ethan Clarke & Carl Abrahamsson presenting at Brunnenburg Castle". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  8. ^ Lattin, Don (1999-01-25). "Satan's Den in Great Disrepair / Relatives of S.F. hellhound Anton LaVey battle over 'Black House'". sfgate.com. SFGate.
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