PHILLY.COM: The owner of a cemetery where Satanists allegedly desecrated the grave of the mother of Westboro Baptist Church’s founder said he has filed formal charges and expects police to arrest the officiating dark priest. “There is a warrant for the arrest for the leader of that group that has been issued,” William Arlinghaus, owner of the Magnolia Cemetery in Meridian, Mississippi, told WTOK-TV. Lucian Greaves, the founder of New York’s Satanic Temple, officiated two “Pink Masses” July 14 over the grave of controversial pastor Fred Phelp’s mother, Catherine Idalette Johnson. Two pairs of same-sex couples kissed over Johnson’s gravestone as Greaves wore an “ostentatious” set of horns and mumbled ominous incantations. Westboro Baptist is a Kansas-based anti-homosexual church with a reputation for protesting at the funerals of dead soldiers with oversized signs that read “God Hates Fags.” More coverage Judge: Ranting preachers can continue First day of gay marriage in Delaware In an interview with Philly.com Wednesday, Greaves said the idea to perform a ceremony came to him after Westboro threatened to protest at the funerals of the Boston Marathon bombing victims. The Satanists planned to meet the protesters in Boston. Westboro failed to show up, however, but said they were there “in spirit.” Greaves said a ritual to turn the ghost of Phelp’s mother into a lesbian was an appropriate way to meet the Westboro Baptists “in spirit.” Westboro Baptist Church emailed a statement Wednesday night that read in part: “WBC’s mission does not worship the dead. Pagan orgies of idolatrous blasphemy at burial sites are the order of the day and is abomination. ” Surprisingly, Greaves said he doesn’t believe in life after death. “But I do believe that – because of Phelp’s beliefs – now he’s obligated to believe his mother is gay in the afterlife,” he said. MORE