Area Pagans Take Pride In Religion

Katie Webster, a former Catholic, was drawn to spiritual paganism after a lifelong struggle with domestic violence.

Webster had almost given up hope when her daughter, Kristie Iannello, a practitioner of spiritual paganism for five years, introduced her mother to the benefits of the religion.

"She was having a hard time in life, and she wasn't finding any clarity in life," said Iannello, a Depew resident. "I just felt her religion wasn't bringing it to her. I just brought it to her, and she loved it."

Sunday, this path led Iannello and her mother to the incense-scented atmosphere of the fourth annual Buffalo Niagara Pagan Pride Day in the NOCO Pavilion in the Town of Tonawanda's Sheridan Park. Full Story

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