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Santeria Adherent Fined For Animal Cruelty

By Howard M. Friedman

App.com reports that in Spring Lake, NJ, Alain Hernandez was assessed fines and restitution fees totalling $900 after pleading guilty yesterday in Municipal Court to a charge of animal cruelty. Hernandez's mother is a Santeria priestess. Another Santero ritually killed a number of animals in a ritual designed to generate wealth. The Santero told Hernandez to put the carcasses in a wealthy community to get better results. That explains police finding chicken carcasses, dead fish, fruits and a dollar bill scattered on the beach at Spring Lake. Apparently no Free Exercise claims were raised by Hernandez.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on July 03, 2008 (boomark / email).