Ritual abuse-Is it real? I mean is it true that certain groups (satanists?) practice ritual abuse of children?

Question

Are there any known cases of ritual abuse? Where does this kind of thing take place? What is involved?
I find it hard to believe that people actually do this.

Does anybody know of any cases that have been in the media regarding ritual abuse?

Answer 1

Satanic Ritual Abuse is a hoax. Congress heald hearings and found no credible evidence of a widespread conspiracy of satanic groups abusing children. The only "proof" is a bunch of "repressed memories" which were planted by psychologists who had an adjenda to push. These "memories" were planted, and people who already had other psychological problems believed wholeheartedly that they were victims of abuse.

The Christian community exploited this for years and used it as fuel against any group that was not Christian. They went after Wicca/Paganism like crazy, although "harm none and do as ye will" is their creed. I think this is part of the reason people believe that Wiccans/Pagan worship the devil, harm children, ect. Geraldo Rivera's shows exploited this and a few years later, he did apologize for actions that did hurt others.

All this BS wound up having innocent people convicted of crimes that were (at best) the imagination of bored and scared kids and mentally ill people. The West Memphis 3 is a good example of this.
The West Memphis 3 are three men tried and convicted for the murders of three children in the Robin Hood Hills area of West Memphis, Arkansas, United States during 1993.

Damien Echols, the alleged ringleader, was sentenced to death; Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin were sentenced to life in prison. The case has received considerable attention, and many critics charge that the arrests and convictions were a miscarriage of justice inspired by a misguided moral panic, and that the defendants were wrongfully convicted during a period of intense media scrutiny and so-called "satanic panic".

In short, Satanic Ritual Abuse does not exist, but Satanic Panic is alive and well.

Answer 2

An FBI Agent did a report on this and he claims he has found no connection to Satanism and Ritual Abuse of children.

www.fbi.org

Do a search on Ritual Abuse. It should bring it up for you. It's very informative... and he goes into detail about How he views such things. That the reason a lot of things like that are labeled "Satanism" is due to the fact that people just simply don't like it and need to blame something, ANYTHING... therefore "Satan" must be behind it all. Most likely because there is no real explanation for it happening.

Answer 3

In Britain a lot of ritual abuse is carried out by superstitious people of African descent who believe they are excorcising bad behaviour from their children. It is not Satanism but they belong to churches which combine Christianity with traditional African witchcraft. There was a case of a little girl killed by her family after social workers ignored the abuse, thinking it would be 'culturally insensitive' to interfere - the case brought wider public attention to the problem. You can read about the case through the link below. There is also a still-unsolved case of an African boy mutilated in a ritual in London.

I must say I find the second poster's comments gratuitously offensive - and stupid. As for the people here defending Satanism as a misunderstood and unfairly maligned form of worship (I hardly think the 'Church of Satan' website is a reliable source!), there have been gruesome murders committed in Europe in recent years by Satanists, but the victims were not children.

Answer 4

I don't know any details but I do remember from my childhood some people were arrested for murder. It was part of some Satanic Ritual. I believe they were from Rulo NE.
My sister knew a girl in treatment who was repeatedly sexually abused in some Satanic like cult.
It's rare but it does exist. Scary isn't it.

Answer 5

Having worked with numerous researchers as part of a search and rescue dog team, I can say that there is no credible evidence of any organized group doing so. Such evidence would have been spread far and wide over the investigative community.

That's not to say, however, that small, isolated, and demented groups haven't. But no real 'organizations', no.

Answer 6

No. That is something that scared christians made up to make Satanism look horrid.

8. Satanic Panic

During the 1980’s, the media worldwide launched a “witch hunt” which is now referred to as “The Satanic Panic.” It is usually acknowledged to have been seeded by Lawrence Pazder’s Michelle Remembers. This was a popular book which recounted the purported repressed memories of the author’s wife. Via hypnotherapy which he performed himself, the author dredges up the details of “Michelle’s” supposed experiences with a world-wide Satanic cult. Typical of the historical accusations made against the Jews by Christian zealots in earlier centuries, Michelle Remembers claims that devil-worshippers have a conspiratorial network dedicated to ritual child sacrifice and world domination, to which the author adds modern media “innovations” such as “snuff” films, drug cartels, and “kiddie porn.” A look back at this period shows how Christian evangelists jumped on the bandwagon, and Christian “therapists” began “finding” similar tales buried in the subconscious of their “patients.” The then-current talk-show/freak-show circuit found this to be a bonanza, and representatives of the Church of Satan carefully selected specific media forums to debunk the hysterical nonsense. In due course, the “Satanic Panic” was debunked like any other urban legend, but not before the most costly trial in United States history took place, persecuting several innocent individuals who ran a day school. Law enforcement agencies, skeptical societies, and sociologists subsequently examined this Christian-promulgated hoax and dissected its mechanisms. Now, courts of law are reversing decisions made against people who were accused by family and friends caught up in this Salem-like madness, and substantial financial awards are being judged against the Christian “therapists” who essentially brain-washed pliable patients into belief in false “ritual abuse.”

Answer 7

It probably happens ,but I doubt its far spread or even remotely wide-reaching. I feel sorry for the folks who are forced to go throught all that.

Answer 8

Yes, it is called Sunday School

Answer 9

No, its not true. Its myths, invented by the Church to scare people and to demonize other religions.

Catholics ritually torture their children - by way of forcing their beleifs onto them... Is that not ritual torture? Force their Children to become cannibalistic feeders of Jesus' flesh and blood?

Answer 10

It is hard to believe..but yes it goes on