The Satanic Temple, which touts core beliefs like compassion, justice and personal freedom, got a permit from the city of Concord for the nativity display.

The display was initially erected in opposition to a Nativity scene and Christmas tree also in front of the statehouse.

Temple officials replaced the statue on Monday. It was initially erected in opposition to the Nativity scene and Christmas tree that are also on display outside the state house.

The Satanic Temple brought back a second statue of an occult deity to the State House Plaza in Concord, one week after a group of unidentified vandals destroyed the first display.

For years, the Satanic Temple, founded in 2013, has sought to push back on religious messages or icons around government buildings by installing statues of its half-goat, half-human statue, Baphomet.

A Christmas tree, a nativity scene, and a half-human, half-goat statue linked to the occult may not seem like displays that normally go together. However, in New Hampshire, all three were briefly on ...

A holiday display that leaders from The Satanic Temple in New Hampshire and Vermont installed on a city plaza in Concord, N.H., shown at left on Monday, Dec. 9, was toppled in an apparent act of ...

Satanic Temple unveils holiday display monument at Concord, New Hampshire state house near nativity scene. City says it’s allowing statue.