 "The Morning Call" quoted a director of the Institute, George Mather, as instructing community residents that Satanists perform rituals during Halloween to summon demons.Mather said that parents should not dress up as witches or devils for Halloween, as that would promote a wrong value system.Andrew Walsh of Trinity College in the journal "Religion in the News" criticized the Institute's representation of Bob and Judy Pardon citing statements from the Institute that they hold "advanced degrees in their field" which he wrote were actually standard M.Div and M.Ed.