Sentences with phrase «pre-christian pagan religions»

Speculation arose last week that Democrat Paul Vallone, who came in third in the Sept. 15 primary with 22 percent of the vote, would run on the Republican line, replacing Auburndale attorney Dan Halloran after a story surfaced earlier this month about Halloran's leadership in a pre-Christian pagan religion.

First elected to the Council in 2009, Halloran had been known to practice Theodism, a pre-Christian pagan religion, but the councilman largely played down his heathen background during that election, with Halloran stating at the time he had always believed in God and was raised in a traditional Irish Catholic family.