A group of Christians responded to a satanic ritual black mass called "Consumption of Mary" with prayers in an event on Monday night.
The black mass, held by a satanist group called Dakhma of Angra Mainyu, planned to desecrate a statue of the Virgin Mary with sulphur, menstrual blood, and ashes from burnt pages of the holy book of Islam, the Quran.
Last week, Oklahoma Archbishop Paul Coakley in an effort to counter the attempt, wrote a letter to his diocese urging the parishioners to take part in a united prayer walk and service on the same day.
In a statement to the Catholic News Agency he said, "In response to this blasphemous event, and the many other acts of hatred and violence happening in our world in recent weeks, I am encouraging the faithful and people of good will to pray together for healing and peace, and for the Lord to watch over our community and protect us from evil and its many destructive and violent manifestations."
He also criticized the black mass leader Dastur Adam Daniels for holding a similar event two years ago.
"You're basically going to have three rituals going on at the same time," Daniels told the Oklahoma Gazette earlier.
"We're trying to show people how chaotic we are in nature and how chaotic our religion is. It's all based on chaos," he added in an attempt to justify the act.
The prayer walk took place simultaneously on Monday eveningat the Jesus Wept statue at Saint Joseph's Old Cathedral. It ended at the United Methodist First Church where a prayer service took place.
The Archbishop now hopes that Christians would not see partiality by the local government.