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gilmore in october 2007 laveyan satanist high priest ; magus 24 may 1958 peter h gilmore 2 by david shankbone.jpg peter h. gilmore
 peter h. gilmore author , composer , religious leader
peter h. gilmore

peter howard gilmore -lrb- born may 24 , 1958 -rrb- is an american composer , artist , author and administrator of the church of satan .
gilmore graduated from nyu with both a bachelor 's and master 's degree in music composition .
he was appointed high priest of the church in 2001 by magistra blanche barton .
within the church , he is known as `` magus peter h. gilmore , high priest of the church of satan '' .
as a representative of the church of satan , gilmore has been interviewed on numerous television and radio programs dealing with the topic of satanism , including appearances on the history channel , bbc , the sci-fi channel , point of inquiry , and bob larson 's christian radio show .
gilmore , as a trained composer , has collaborated with the death metal band acheron in their earlier releases .
