I can see where you're going, but one of the biggest mistakes one can make in the study of the occult is the refusal of studying something. The church of satan doesn't function as it once did. I find that good ole' Anton abided by his own philosophy very well (he made ridiculous claims that gave him a few S.B. sells and a bit more publicity. This is respectable, as many religious leaders do not practice what that preach *COUGH* tedhaggard *COUGH*, but LaVey actually did so. But, because of his actions, the Church of Satan and it's actions are not applicable to someone such as myself.
Still, Aquino made quite a few decent works and I got quite a bit out of them. I don't care what his background was, or what his future was, hell, I don't care much about the man himself, it's his works that I make my judgements on.