It’s become apparent LaVey was hardly a source of credible information (http://www.usminc.org/satanism.html), and the Weld/Satanism claim is probably yet another fable. LaVey was, in fact, a notorious liar and fraud. LaVey also claimed Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, and Mia Farrow were all Satanists, which of course has proven to be nonsense. Mansfield thought he was a joke and used him for publicity, & Lavey never even met or knew either Monroe or Farrow. There’s been a rumor that Tina Louise was a member of the Church of Satan stemming from an urban legend that she appeared in a girlie magazine dressed in a devil suit. She not only is not a Satanist, she never appeared in said girlie magazine, either. Lavey’s incredible tale of being an Oboist for the non-existent San Fransisco Ballet Orchestra has been debunked, along with his non-existent degree in criminology (he was a high school drop-out!), the lie that he was a police photographer, and the bogus “circus lion tamer” claim…along with dozens of others.

In fact, LaVey turned out not to be a colorful “junk yard philosopher” millionaire swinger, but rather just a lying, wife beating pimp who (self-admittedly)engaged in canibalism on at least one occasion, and who died broke. As for his claim that Tuesday Weld was a Satanist, I find it rather doubtful. To put it bluntly, Tuesday Weld had a life, and she didn’t need Satanism.

The dedication to Tuesday Weld and others in the first edition of the Satanic Bible had to be removed when some of the people threatened lawsuits against Avon Books for using their names. I would imagine Weld was one of those individuals.

Why Tuesday Weld? Because LaVey had started the lie that he played the part of the Devil in the horror film Rosemary’s Baby. Weld actually had a part in the film, and LaVey probabaly chose to make Weld a target for his inuendos due to this. It wouldn’t be the first time the Church of Satan has tried to hijack a celebrity, not being satisfied with Marylin Manson.