Church of England officials say nothing like this has happened before and it is being treated as a deliberate attack by anti-Christian groups. As well as hundreds of links to "spell casters" selling black magic curses, the sinister site also offers a guide to voodoo and other rituals. Martin Sheppard, of the Diocese of York, explained: "It is deliberately and wilfully mischievous with these links to these openly anti-Christian websites." He said the parochial church council was in touch with the domain registration company to say it is a fraudulent domain in a bid to get it closed down. Founded by the early saints, Lastingham has been a centre of Christian worship for 1,000 years with the main church of St Mary's famed as the final resting place of St Cedd since 644AD.