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Combination of BLP1E (the 1E being the conversion from Satanism to the Catholic Church) and not meeting GNG. BEFORE shows various unreliable sources. Many of the sources in the article are unreliable. The three best of them (in English) are probably [https://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/20/former-satanist-i-performed-satanic-rituals-inside-abortion-clinics/ lifeNews], [http://www.catholicnewsworld.com/2016/04/miracle-conversion-story-of-former.html catholicnewsworld], and [http://www.tfp.org/magazines/crusade_mag_vol_134.pdf Crusade Magazine] - where best is only a relative concept, and are mainly interviews with the subject. These (particularly the LifeNews piece tying Satanism to abortion) received some attention in various blogs and the like. AFAICT he is working on two books, one seems to be unpublished, the other titled [https://www.amazon.com/Abortion-Satanic-Sacrifice-CD-Transcript/dp/1545613125 Abortion is a Satanic Sacrifice] published (or self published?) by MCP Books has not received critical attention.Icewhiz (talk) 10:19, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 10:21, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

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• Delete - Fails WP:NBIO and it'd be hard to balance the article using better sources (WP:BLPFRINGE). —PaleoNeonate – 11:24, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
• Delete - clearly fails WP:NBIO and probably WP:NFRINGE as well. Catholic News World appears to be a self-published blog with no apparent editorial oversight or expertise - it probably shouldn't be used a source for anything. The LifeNews piece is an repost of an interview from the "Lepanto Institute", which as far as I can tell is purely self-published as well - its [http://www.lepantoinstitute.org/who-we-are/ Who We Are] section lists only its "Founder and President" Michael Hichborn. That only leaves the piece in Crusade. --tronvillain (talk) 16:53, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

::There's an interesting more recent Patheos piece, "[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/rolltodisbelieve/2018/01/17/cult-stories-review-zachary-kings-testimony/ The Cult of “Before” Stories: A Mega-Review of Zachary King’s Testimony]", but you can't build an article out of that. --tronvillain (talk) 22:52, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:SOAPy stuff that shouldn't be in the encyclopedia. jps (talk) 22:01, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
• Delete No sufficient in depth coverage by reliable sources. No clearly reliable sources added since it was deproded. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 07:20, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
• Delete. Fails WP:BIO as subject lacks significant coverage in reliable sources. Bradv 14:59, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
• Delete Unreliable sources, little outside coverage, far-fetched claims of meeting a goddess in person, and no background information on either him or whatever organization he was affiliated with. The average UFO sighting gets more press attention. Dimadick (talk) 10:03, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
• Delete lacks coverage in WP:RS.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:56, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
• Delete It's sourced entirely from WP:FRINGE sources and blogs. No indication of WP:GNG Simonm223 (talk) 14:31, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

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