{"id":1834,"date":"2026-05-16T20:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:47:09","slug":"paedo-witch-who-abused-own-daughter-7-demands-to-be-made-prison-pagan-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=1834","title":{"rendered":"Paedo &#8216;witch&#8217; who abused own daughter, 7, demands to be made prison pagan leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_e189fa\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Marina Volz, 37, a biological male born Matthew, is serving a 25-year sentence for filming sadistic child abuse videos featuring his own seven-year-old daughter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">21:34, 16 May 2026<\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated 21:35, 16 May 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37166700\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Transgender pedophile witch Marina Volz is asking to be a witch leader in prison\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166700.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/3_Transgender-pedophile-witch-Marina-Volz-is-demanding-to-conduct-nude-Wiccan-rituals-in-the-womens-p.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166700.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/3_Transgender-pedophile-witch-Marina-Volz-is-demanding-to-conduct-nude-Wiccan-rituals-in-the-womens-p.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166700.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/3_Transgender-pedophile-witch-Marina-Volz-is-demanding-to-conduct-nude-Wiccan-rituals-in-the-womens-p.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166700.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/3_Transgender-pedophile-witch-Marina-Volz-is-demanding-to-conduct-nude-Wiccan-rituals-in-the-womens-p.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Transgender pedophile witch Marina Volz is asking to be a witch leader in prison\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Transgender pedophile witch Marina Volz is asking to be a witch leader in prison<cite aria-label=\"Image: Somerset County Prosecutor's Office\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Somerset County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/dad-feared-being-targeted-hitman-37164803\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">A transgender paedophile<\/a> is demanding the women\u2019s prison he is serving time in should allow him to conduct Wiccan rituals in the nude. Sicko Marina Volz, 37, a biological male born Matthew, is serving a 25-year sentence for f<a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/bare-chested-paedo-snackie-chan-37162372\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">ilming sadistic child abuse videos featuring his own seven-year-old daughter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The vile paedo, who is serving at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in New Jersey, America, claims he is a Wiccan, a form of pagan witch. He has already sued the prison once &#8211; back in 2023 for<a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/woman-who-spent-years-convinced-37158018\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"> religious discrimination<\/a> &#8211; alleging he was denied access to religious items such as Tabbards \u2014 a sleeveless Wiccan vestment \u2014 and the ability to worship on Wiccan holy days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Wicca is a pagan religion that first sprang up in England in the 1950s, whose adherents <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/paganism-rise-post-faith-britain-36375293\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">practice witchcraft and refer to themselves as witches.<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37166704\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37166704\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.38\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"He wants to be a religious pagan leader\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166704.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Still-life-with-witch-books-scrolls-herbs-and-magic-objects.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166704.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Still-life-with-witch-books-scrolls-herbs-and-magic-objects.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166704.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Still-life-with-witch-books-scrolls-herbs-and-magic-objects.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166704.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Still-life-with-witch-books-scrolls-herbs-and-magic-objects.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"He wants to be a religious pagan leader\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">He wants to be a religious pagan leader<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Now &#8211; the self proclaimed witch is in settlement talks with the New Jersey attorney general\u2019s office, and has made numerous demands for religious accommodation \u2014 including the ability to conduct Wiccan rituals \u201cskyclad,\u201d the Wiccan term for nude.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He&#8217;s also demanded access to Wiccan literature and religious items and wants to be designated as a Wiccan religious leader in the prison and has asked to be allowed to marry his transgender accomplice in the child sex abuse case, Ashley Romero, a biological man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The two were convicted in 2022, along with Sean Allen, who lived with them at their New Jersey home, for operating a \u201cpornography production studio specializing in amateur, BDSM and taboo fetish content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He took his daughter, then 7, from her mother\u2019s arms in Oregon and transported her across the country to New Jersey. Romero was seen sexually abusing the girl with another man in videos the trio produced, and Allen was also filmed abusing the girl.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37166703\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37166703\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The sicko has tried to sue the prison\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166703.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Spiritism-table-with-a-Ouija-board.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166703.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Spiritism-table-with-a-Ouija-board.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166703.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Spiritism-table-with-a-Ouija-board.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166703.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Spiritism-table-with-a-Ouija-board.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The sicko has tried to sue the prison\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The sicko has tried to sue the prison<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cIf this was not heinous, cruel and depraved, I don\u2019t know what is,\u201d said the judge in the case, Peter Tobin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A female inmate at the prison claimed that the pair were only trying to get married so they could share a cell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cThis is a man who has been convicted of human trafficking, aggravated sexual assault, and endangering the welfare of a child under circumstances that involved his own daughter.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37166702\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37166702\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.51\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"He wants to be a Wiccan leader in prison\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166702.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Female-witch-making-potion-on-dark-background-magic-bottles-with-potions-and-candles-on-table-of-al.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166702.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Female-witch-making-potion-on-dark-background-magic-bottles-with-potions-and-candles-on-table-of-al.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166702.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Female-witch-making-potion-on-dark-background-magic-bottles-with-potions-and-candles-on-table-of-al.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37166702.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Female-witch-making-potion-on-dark-background-magic-bottles-with-potions-and-candles-on-table-of-al.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"He wants to be a Wiccan leader in prison\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">He wants to be a Wiccan leader in prison<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;And now, he demands the right to engage in public nude religious rituals at a women\u2019s prison. This should shock the conscience of every American,\u201d former Women\u2019s Declaration International USA president Kara Dansky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The New Jersey Department of Corrections began housing transgender inmates in women\u2019s prisons in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">If you or somebody you know has been affected by this story, contact Victim Support for free, confidential advice on 08 08 16 89 111 or visit their website, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.victimsupport.org.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">http:\/\/www.victimsupport.org.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Marina 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