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Pagan John Bennett stabbed by neighbor over ‘noise row.’

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ALDERHOLT, Eng. —  John Bennett, a practicing witch, was assaulted by two of his neighbours in Hillbury Park, the residential semi-retirement community in which all three reside, on November 4th 2017. Anne Denyer, 52, attacked him with an umbrella and Mark Denyer, 56, stabbed him with a kitchen knife. The case just went to court, and the Denyers were charged with suspended sentences and community service. The Wild Hunt spoke to Bennett, aka ‘Bearheart,’ and his partner Samantha Hathaway about the ordeal. Bennett said that the assault happened on the night before Bonfire Night (5th November) about 8 p.m. There was a full moon and, normally Bennett and Hathaway go out to the forest in Hampshire or Dorset to join celebrations with other groups or do things on their own.

Pagan Community Notes

Pagan Community Notes: Storm Faerywolf, John Bennett, the Valknut and more

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TWH – Author and teacher Storm Faerywolf was recently publicly accused of engaging in sexual misconduct and abuse by a Maryland-based member Faery tradition, but the allegation was soon proven false. The accusations spread through social media, prompting reactions from members of the tradition as well as others, both in support of and against the accuser, who is known as EckoPup Roberts. Faerywolf published a statement May 5 on his own blog that reads in part: “It has recently come to my attention that there is a man in the Maryland area, going by the name ‘Awen’ who is misrepresenting themselves as one of my initiates. Not only have I never heard of this person they are adding injury to insult by propositioning students for training in Faery tradition and then informing them that in order to be dedicated or initiated then they must engage in unprotected intercourse. This is an affront to the tradition that I hold dear, not to mention basic decency.”