One interesting footnote: I listened to an interview with the late Father Malachi Martin, author of the book "Hostage to the Devil." That book is one of the most terrifying things you will ever read.
I recommend not reading it alone on a dark night.
Martin said in the interview (recorded in the mid 1990s) that there were prominent families in the world who were generationally involved in Satanism. He also said that many prominent people in America had made "deals" with Satan. He said: "None of them are obscure", and said many were judges, politicians, actors, and prominent businessmen. He coined a term: "perfectly possessed." What he meant was that the soul of that person had willingly allowed the demonic to take control, in exchange for power, money, sex, fame, etc. Satan can grant someone all of those things - at a horrendous price.
I am 100% certain that many of the faces we see everyday on the news are part of that crowd.