Meet the tattoo minister who wards off demons in his Times Square parlor

Tattoo unto others as you would have them tattoo unto you.Tucked in a third-floor parlor above the bustling streets of Times Square lies the only “tattoo ministry” in the world — where artist Tommy Houlihan plays God deciding what tattoos his customers are allowed to get and where they can get them.“One day, God is going to say, ‘Why did you put this little demon next to this girl’s pelvis?’ What am I going to say, ‘For money?’ ” Houlihan, 55, told The Post.“I have to answer for it one day.”The lifelong Hell’s Kitchen resident requires customers to keep it clean, only tattooing certain parts of the body while doling out G-rated images — and miraculous medals to all who stop, hoping that the iconography will help his customers convert to the Catholic faith.Most visitors to the Manhattan shop accept the token willingly, but there are a few who refuse the tiny oval medal — including one woman who he says was clearly possessed.“She started debating me and said, ‘You Catholics and your cute little purgatory.’ All I could think is that this woman’s actually manifesting that possession.She’s under attack in some way and is showing through this,” the tattoo artist said.What people don’t know is that the ink of a tattoo not only punctures the flesh but can invite demons to take over the soul, Houlihan claimed.That’s why Houlihan refuses to take on any sacrilegious artwork, ranging from ouji boards and angel numbers to inverted crosses and images of the Virgin Mary with her breasts exposed.

Some anime and fictional characters are even too disrespectful for Houlihan to ink.“Harry Potter is absolutely satanic.

I mean, JK Rowling, one of the things about Harry Potter was to draw Christian kids to the Wiccan faith,” Houlihan claimed.“She said that.

I believe it was on Christmas Eve and on an English radio show in 2016, and they yanked it off the air.You can’t find.”Because of his location in the heart of the Crossroads o...