Source: Record-Journal

http://www.record-journal.com/articles/2003/07/23/news/news04.txt

On July 23, 2003 the Record-Journal reported that Jacqueline "Glen, 37, a city native, left Catholicism three years ago and found she fit in with Wicca... Wicca, the practice of witchcraft, is a fast growing religion with hundreds of organizations and covens throughout the state, according to the Connecticut Wiccan and Pagan Network... The religion has been around formally in the United States since the 1920s but was popularized by the book 'Witchcraft Today' by Gerald Gardner in 1954. In 1985, Wicca became recognized and protected as a religion under the U.S. Constitution... In the eastern Connecticut town of Baltic, husband and wife Rapid and Patricia Freeman host their own public access television show called 'The Witchin' Hour' to raise awareness about Wicca... Rapid Freeman, 31, is a machinist of Cherokee descent raised in a household of Pentecostal beliefs as well as atheism. Patricia Freeman, 40, is a cashier at an agricultural store who said she was raised a Christian. Both have been practicing Wicca for about 15 years."