Education
Redlands College.
Redlands College.
Barton was raised in San Diego, a self-described Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Redlands College with a degree in journalism and literature. She met church leader Anton LaVey the day after Diane Hegarty, the original high priestess, left the Black House. After LaVey and Hegarty"s daughter Zeena LaVey (High Priestess 1985–1990) abdicated her position in 1990, the position was vacant until Barton assumed the role of High Priestess upon Anton LaVey"s death on October 29, 1997.
On November 7, 1997 LaVey"s eldest daughter, Karla LaVey, held a press conference to announce the death of Anton LaVey.
Karla contested this will which was later found to be invalid. In 1999 Barton led an unsuccessful campaign to raise $400,000 with which to repurchase the Black House, where many of the church"s notorious rites were performed.
Barton remained High Priestess until April 30, 2002, when she appointed Peggy Nadramia as High Priestess and assumed Nadramia"s previous role of chairmistress of the Council of Nine.