NUMBERS OF SURVIVORS
A single survivor advocate reports direct
contact with more than 3,000 survivors. [ StarDancer as quoted by
David McCulley, Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Question of Memory, 1993]
CORRECTION: During Personal conversation with StarDancer for update
and verification, she stated, "I would feel comfortable saying I’ve
met or spoken with more than 1,000 people who identify themselves as
survivors…Our estimate of the people who have read and used
Survivorship is 3,000."
I
talked to one of the leaders in the Los Angeles County Task Force on
Ritual Abuse, who estimate that there have been more than a hundred
California preschools implicated in ritual abuse. [James Friesen,
Uncovering the Mystery of MPD, 1991]
Among 2,709 members of the American
Psychological Association who responded to a poll, 2,292 cases of
ritual abuse were reported. [Bottoms, Shaver, & Goodman, 1993]
At a 1991 Utah workshop, thirty-two mental
health therapists reported treating 360 separate survivors of ritual
abuse. By early 1992 the following statement had been signed by
sixty-six Utah therapists: "We, the undersigned mental health
professional, have each heard memories of ritual abuse recounted by
some patients, as have therapists across the nation. We believe
these patients’ allegations to have basis in fact. We are dismayed
by accusations that therapists brainwash their patients or collude
to create a mental health problem where none existed. We urge our
public officials to take appropriate actions to counter ritual
crimes." The names on the signed petition, affirming the above
statement, are given in the 1992 report of the Utah Governor’s Task
Force on Ritual Abuse. [A. Horton, B. Harrison & B. Johnson,
editors, Confronting Abuse, 1993]
Of the sixty victims with whom I have met,
fifty-three are female and seven are male. Eight are children. The
abuse occurred in the following places: Utah (37), Idaho (3),
California (4), Mexico (2), and other places (14). Fifty-three
victims are currently living in the state of Utah . All sixty
individuals are members of the Church. Forty-five victims allege
witnessing and/or participating in human sacrifice. The majority
were abused by relatives, often their parents. All have developed
psychological problems and most have been diagnosed as having
multiple personality disorder or some other form of dissociative
disorder. [Bishop Glenn L. Pace, " LDS Church Report to the
Strengthening Church Members Committee," 1990]
In 1992 alone, Childhelp USA logged 1,741 calls
pertaining to ritual abuse, Monarch Resources of Los Angeles logged
approximately 5,000, Real Active Survivors tallied nearly 3,600,
Justus Unlimited of Colorado received almost 7,000, and Looking Up
of Maine handled around 6,000. Even allowing for some of these calls
to have been made by people who assist survivors but are not
themselves survivors, and for some survivors to have called more
than one helpline or made multiple calls to the same helpline, these
numbers suggest that at a minimum there must be tens of thousands of
survivors of ritual abuse in the United States. [Catherine Gould,
Cultural and Economic Barriers to Protecting Children from Ritual
Abuse and Mind Control, 1995]
Published results of a nationwide study of
substantiated reports of sexual abuse in day care involving 1,639
young child victims. Thirteen percent of these cases were found to
involve ritual abuse. [Finkelhor, William and Burns, 1988] An ‘ad
hoc’ study on Ritual Abuse in Germany done by Ulla Fröhling,
journalist and author of "Vater unser in der Hoelle" - "Our father
which art in hell" - called the "first in-depth German study of a
DID-patient with a background of severe home abuse, child
prostitution, and sadistic ritual abuse;" and Michaela Huber in
1997. They sent 355 questionnaires throughout Germany , 126 returned
and 113 have been evaluated. Every 'maybe' or 'perhaps' was
excluded, which led to a total of 354 cases in treatment -- 299 in
current treatment – of Ritual Abuse in Germany. These patients or
clients were treated at 61 locations in Germany . [Thorsten Becker,
"Ritual Abuse: A German Cult-Counsellors Perspective," Presentation
at the Symposium on Psychic Trauma and Dissociation, Utrecht [
Netherlands ], October 28. 1999]
In 1993, Boon and Draijer described the
clinical phenomena of 71 Dutch DID patients. Follow up data on this
cohort of patients indicate that 38.8% of the patients (N = < 27)
had mentioned some form of SRA in the course of treatment (Boon
& Draijer, 1993b). These patients lived in different regions in
the Netherlands and they were treated by 19 different clinicians
(Boon and Draijer 1993b). In this study, spontaneously given
accounts of SRA and drawings on the subject showed a striking
resemblance to those of North American patients (cf Young et al.
1991). [Onno van der Hart, "Reports on Ritual Abuse in European
Countries: A Clinician’s Perspective," 1998]
A survey done in June 2000, at the National
Victim Assistance Academy in Fresno , CA , 82 questionnaires given
out, 44 criminal justice professionals responded to the questions,
"Have you or a co-worker ever worked with a client/victim that
claimed to be a victim of satanic ritual abuse?" Seventeen, 38% of
respondents, had worked with clients who claimed to be victims of
satanic ritual abuse or had co-workers who had worked with these
clients. [Dawn Mattox, Butte County , CA , District Attorney’s
Office, 2000]
MEMORY REPRESSION
Traumatic memories, which typically are
engraved in the sensorimotor processes, are not subject to the same
kinds of contamination that can affect normal memory. Traumatic
amnesia, described in the DSM-IIIR as psychogenic amnesia, is a
phenomenon which has been known to mental health professionals for
more than 100 years. [Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, Harvard Medical
School , as quoted by David McCulley, Satanic Ritual Abuse: A
Question of Memory, 1993] Two disparate responses to trauma have
been noted by researchers. In some instances the memory is
hyper-potentiated and the event remains unforgettably vivid. When
severe, repeated trauma occurs early in life, the stress of the
experience may overload the circuitry of the brain’s limbic system,
preventing the information from reaching the hippocampus. Instead,
the trauma is engraved in the sensorimotor processes and is
dissociated from the victim’s conscious awareness. [van der Volk as
quoted by David McCulley, Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Question of
Memory, 1993]
Only when a triggering circumstance breaks
through the amnestic barrier does the person retrieve, often it bits
and pieces, the memory of the traumatic event…When the suspended
encounter is triggered, the threatening event is experienced as
happening now, in full present time. [Ivor Browne as quoted by David
McCulley, Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Question of Memory, 1993]
In a 1991 informal survey, 93% of APA
therapists who have personal experience with adult SRA survivors
stated they believe the memories of SRA are accurate. Contrary to
accusations, many have been skeptical at first. [James Quan,
Consolidation of SRA and False Memory Data, 1996]
Blisters and scars sometimes reappear and fresh
blood may flow from tissues ravaged long ago. Clinicians who witness
these abreactive episodes are not likely to challenge van der Volk’s
dictum that the body cannot lie. [van der Volk as quoted by David
McCulley, Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Question of Memory, 1993]
A new McLean Hospital study suggests that
contrary to popular belief, psychotherapy does not frequently play a
role in recalling forgotten memories of childhood abuse. Moreover,
the study found that there is often independent corroboration of the
abuse memories. In addition, most study participants believed that
they recovered memories without any suggestion by therapists or
others. [Associated Press, Belmont , MA , June 2, 1999 ]
FMSF
There is no diagnosis of "false memory
syndrome" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. It is a term
created for maximum media impact, serving those who have the most to
lose if the truth is revealed. [Anne Hart, California Therapist]
What percentage involve false accusations of
familial abuse, and which are merely the self-serving protestations
of pedophiles and ritual abusers? No one knows. Further, all of the
research they cite, such as the experiments of Elizabeth Loftus,
deal not with traumatic memory but with normal, or explicit memory.
What studies of normal memory demonstrate is a high degree of
malleability and potential distortion over time. [David McCulley,
Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Question of Memory, 1993]
MEMORY REPRESSION STUDIES
129 women with documented histories of childhood sexual
assault participated in extensive individual interviews. The most
significant finding was that 38% of the women in the sample reported
no recollection of the index event, even though it was firmly
documented by hospital records. Children who had a close
relationship with the perpetrator were more likely to develop
psychogenic amnesia than those abused by strangers. [Linda Meyer
Williams, University of New Hampshire as quoted by David McCulley,
Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Question of Memory, 1993]
In a sample of 53 women who disclosed memories
of abuse for which they had been amnestic, 74% of the subjects were
able to find independent confirmation from family members,
pornographic photos or diaries. [Judith Herman and Emily Schatzow as
quoted by David McCulley, Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Question of
Memory, 1993]
DID/MPD
Current research shows that DID(MPD) may affect
1% of the general population and perhaps as many as 5-20% of people
in psychiatric hospitals, many of whom have received other
diagnoses. The incidence rates are even higher among sexual abuse
survivors and individuals with chemical dependencies. These
statistics put DID(MPD)/DD in the same category as schizophrenia,
depression, and anxiety, as one of the four major mental health
problems today. [Sidran Foundation, DID/MPD Brochure, 1994]
The typical alters that
are found in a person with MPD include: a depressed, depleted host;
a strong, angry protector; a scared, hurt child; a helper; and, an
embittered internal persecutor who blames (or persecutes) one or
more alters for the abuse that has been suffered.
While there may be other types of alters in any
given MPD individual, most of them will be variations on the theme
of these 5 alters. [Divided Hearts Website FAQ, 1999] Studies
indicate that approximately 25% of those with MPD in North American
have been subjected to SRA, and SRA is why they developed MPD in the
first place.
The dissociation of MPD is the best way
children have of dealing with the trauma. In my discussions with
Southern California MPD therapists, I have found a consensus that
25% is a low estimate. Many of us believe the percentage is much
higher, at least in our own region. I have heard estimates as high
as 50 to 60%. It is hard to believe, but there may be 100,000 people
or more in the United States who were subjected to SRA as children.
[James Friesen, Uncovering the Mystery of MPD, 1991]
The idea that MPD is under-diagnosed is related
to the notion that few mental health professionals know how to make
the diagnosis and because the patients with MPD frequently cope with
it through denial. This argument is similar to the point of view of
many alcohol treatment specialists, who allege that alcoholism is
frequently underdiagnosed because professionals do not typically
know how to correctly make the diagnosis and because most alcoholics
are in denial. [Noblitt & Perskin, Cult and Ritual Abuse, 2000]
Two studies about the early lives of multiples
came up with the same percentages – 97% have been subjected to
serious child abuse as youngsters. Another study found that 88% has
been abused sexually, with 83% having been sexually penetrated as
young children. [James Friesen, Uncovering the Mystery of MPD, 1991]
The onset of multiple personality generally
occurs in childhood, although the condition is not usually diagnosed
until adolescence or early adulthood. The sex incidence is about 85%
female…Although multiple personality was thought to be quite rare,
recently it has been reported to be more common. [Philip Coons,
Child Abuse and Multiple Personality Disorder]
Multiple personality most often presents with
depression and suicidality rather than personality changes and
amnesia which are obvious clues to dissociation…The original
personality is usually amnesiac for the secondary personalities
while the secondary personalities may have varying awareness of one
another…Generally the original personality is rather reserved and
depleted of affect. The secondary personalities usually express
affects or impulses unacceptable to the primary personality such as
anger, depression, or sexuality…Headaches are extremely common as
are hysterical conversion symptoms and symptoms of sexual
dysfunction. [Philip Coons, Child Abuse and Multiple Personality
Disorder]
Probably about 25% of children have a
Dissociative Ability high enough to use dissociation for relief from
chronic sexual or physical abuse. When these children grow up they
develop MPD if they have been abused. In comparison, SRA is so much
more terrible a kind of abuse that it causes dissociation in a much
higher percentage of its victims, maybe as high as 75% or even more.
[James Friesen, Uncovering the Mystery of MPD, 1991]
A history of trauma has been found to be an
almost universal etiology of such extreme chronic dissociative
disorders as multiple personality disorder. [D. Spiegal as quoted by
David McCulley, Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Question of Memory, 1993]
Abuse suffered by multiple personality patients
tends to be far more sadistic and bizarre than that suffered by most
victims of child abuse. [Frank Putnam, MD, Diagnosis and Treatment
of MPD]
Accepted theory held that multiplicity
developed reactively. Infants or young children used their innate
capacity and ingenuity to create a cluster of "personalities" to
cope with the conflicting demands of a dangerous environment far too
overwhelming for one little person. Pamela Reagor and Steven Ray
discovered solid psychological evidence that besides the above
"natural" features of MPD, certain patients presented some
additional critical characteristics. "We saw sophisticated external
implantation, by someone other than the subject, of hundreds of
complex personality fragments," Reagor noted, in the 1991 sixth
issue of Beyond Survival magazine. These external implantations,
including suicidal ones, were arranged in what appeared to be a
complex system. Ray suspected that the programming acted like DNA,
encoding specific dissociative patterns within the MPD system. It
was revolutionary - and sinister – concept. Reagor defined their
discovery as structured MPD as opposed to the commonly understood
reactive MPD. [Craig Lockwood, Other Altars, 1993]
There is a natural progression in the
relationship among alters:
The alters learn about one another and learn to
recognize one another.
The alters learn to negotiate with one
another, even if there is mutual dislike.
The alters learn to
cooperate with one another for the common good.
The alters
appreciate and take care of one another.
The alters come to love
one another and recognize that they are part of one another.
The
alters join forces. [C.W. Duncan, The Fractured Mirror, 1994]
Patients in this study who integrated personality states during
treatment became increasingly certain that their reports of ritual
abuse reflected actual memories. The patients who remained
fragmented were less inclined to be certain about what really
happened.[Walter C. Young, MD, "Patients Reporting RA in Childhood:
A Clinical Syndrome, Report of 37 Cases"]
BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER BPD
is characterized by deeply
conflicted emotions, running the gamut from rage to terror, from
depressed apathy to turbulent agitation. Patients with BPD often
experience self-loathing that alternates and coexists with
self-absorption and narcissism. Their frequent acts of
self-destructiveness, including self-mutilation and suicide
attempts, bewilder and frighten their families, friends, and
caregivers. These individuals typically have deeply unsatisfying
interpersonal relationships and appear to alienate those who care
for them, while at the same time expressing fears that they will be
abandoned. Patients with this disorder often appear uncooperative in
therapy and are frequently accused of sabotaging their own
treatment. The condition of such patients is considered chronic with
intermittent self-destructive episodes. Curiously, these patients
often respond in unusual or unpredictable ways to psychiatric
medications. [Noblitt & Perskin, Cult and Ritual Abuse,
2000]
CHILDREN
In Europe , Great Britain is the country
wherein most reports on SRA of children are being made. The National
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is alarmed
about the increasing number of cases coming to its attention. Towns
and areas mentioned are Hull , Surrey , Wolverhampton , Telford ,
Portsmouth , Manchester , and Shrewsbury , among others (Bartlett
1989; Tate 1991).
Reports of SRA are typically made by social
workers involved in ordinary child abuse cases or by foster parents
of child victims of sexual and physical abuse. Within the context of
an enduring relationship with an adult whom these children trust,
they disclose information that, when recognized as such, points to
SRA. Typically, children's reports include adults carrying candles,
wearing robes and masks or dressing up as clowns, and chanting;
children being defecated on, forced to eat body wastes, locked in
cages or boxes, or sexually abused on crosses or inside stars and
circles; drinking blood; sacrificing animals; torturing, killing,
and consuming babies; being filmed by cameras with lights on; using
drugs; and adults threatening children in order to discourage
disclosure.
Tate (1991), who examined a number of these
British cases and compared them to North American and Dutch cases
(Hudson 1991; Jonker and Jonker-Bakker 1991; Snow and Sorenson
1990), was struck by the similarities. Because many of these
children reported SRA without attending adults encouraging them,
Tate concluded that either there exists a worldwide conspiracy among
toddlers or the children are speaking the truth. [Onno van der Hart,
"Reports on Ritual Abuse in European Countries: A Clinician’s
Perspective," 1998]
It is very telling that
in every case in which the symptomatology of the ritually abused
children was compared to the symptomatology of the sexually abused
children, the ritually abused children showed considerably more
symptoms of trauma…Not only do ritually abused children appear more
disturbed than sexually abused children on the traditional
instruments like the Achenbach, they also demonstrate symptoms which
relate in direct and obvious ways to the abuse experiences they
describe. [Catherine Gould, Cultural and Economic Barriers to
Protecting Children from Ritual Abuse and Mind Control, 1995] From
these first few reported cases the symptoms characteristic of
childhood multiple personality begin to emerge and reveal some
marked differences when compared to adults. In the childhood form of
multiple personality the difference between personalities are quite
subtle.
In addition the number of
personalities is fewer. So far an average of 4 (range 2-6)
personalities have been reported in children, while the average
number of personalities reported in adults is about 13 (range 2 to
100+). Symptoms of depression and somatic complaints are less common
in children but the symptoms of amnesia and inner voices are not
decreased. Perhaps most importantly, the therapy of children with
multiple personality is usually brief and marked by steady
improvement. In adults therapy may last anywhere from 2 to over 10
years, while in children therapy may only last a few months. [Philip
Coons, Child Abuse and Multiple Personality Disorder]
PROGRAMMING
The term programming is sometimes used two
ways…Most commonly, the term refers to any coercive persuasion
whether it is experienced in a destructive, an established religion,
the armed services, or any other group or organization. A second
usage for this term is…the manipulation or traumatization of alter
personalities, fragments or dissociated mental states or entities
for the purpose of mind control. [Noblitt & Perskin, Cult and
Ritual Abuse, 2000]
SRA
SYMPTOMATOLOGY
Adult survivors I know alternately crave/refuse
red meat and sauces. 36 adults (97%) presented survivor guilt, 35
(94%) described Indoctrinated beliefs, 31 adults (83%) performed
"bizarre self-abuse", and 23 (62%) were involved in substance abuse.
[James Quan, A Consolidation of SRA and False Memory Data,
1996]
EVIDENCE
The definition of "evidence" used herein to
support the existence of ritual abuse is…The presence of the
following multiple independent indicators:
Disclosures with post-traumatic presentation,
Profound similarities between such disclosures in which the
similarities outweigh the normal occurrence of conflicting details,
Occult objects found at the scene consistent with such
disclosures,
Structural or decorative details consistent with
disclosures, but unknowable outside the reported abuse scenarios,
and/or
Victim descriptions of the video and/or still photography
of abuse scenarios…sometimes including a discovery of child
pornography. [James Quan, A Consolidation of SRA and False Memory
Data, 1996]
If one wishes to criticize the arguments supporting
the existence of ritual abuse, then one must accurately identify
them. These arguments may be summarized as
follows:
There is ample historical and anthropological
evidence that ritual abuse has occurred in a variety of cultures
throughout history. Among those groups where traumatizing rituals
have reportedly been used, there have also been some accounts of
dissociation, amnesia, and alterations of the individual’s
identity.
In modern times, reports of
ritual abuse have been made by people who claim to be survivors of
such abuse both in North America and in other geographic locations…
Some perpetrators of ritual abuse and other criminal activity
associated with cults are self-confessed.
Other witnesses to cult
criminal activity have come forward…
There have been convictions
in criminal cases in response to allegations of ritual abuse.
Civil cases won against individuals accused of ritual abuse.
Cases of ritual murder (e.g, at Matamoros ) are a matter of
public record.
The abusive acts of some cults (e.g., the
People’s Temple of Guyana , Branch Davidians, Order of the Solar
Temple , Aum Supreme Truth) are publicly known.
The great majority of
therapists who work with patients reporting ritual abuse tend to
believe that the allegations of ritual abuse are true…
In a
series of workshops and in group and individual professional
supervision conducted by Noblitt, the facilitator has publicly
demonstrated that many of these survivors respond to preprogrammed
cues with switching to alter personalities and trance responses. The
patients were not trained to respond to these cues in therapy, and
videotapes of patients who have never before seen Noblitt show them
responding to these cues (which are alleged by some patients to be
used in cult programming). [Noblitt & Perskin, Cult and Ritual
Abuse, 2000]
HISTORY
The worship of Satan, as the symbol of the
Judeo-Christian concept of pure evil, appears to result from the
First Century C.E. as a reaction to Judeo-Christian spiritual
domination. The practice of sexual and sacrificial rites pre-dates
that era, however, and eventually extended to all geographical
regions. [Gail Carr Feldman, "SRA: A chapter in the History of Human
Cruelty," Journal of Psychohistory, Winter 1995]
Further back in history yet are the results of
a survey conducted by Hill and Goodwin (1989) of pre-inquisition
historical documents describing Satanism and satanic practices.
They compiled a list of 11 elements of
satanic ritual:
1) secret nocturnal feasting around a
special table or altar;
2) ritual orgiastic sex involving incest,
homosexuality, and anal intercourse;
3) imitations and reversals
of the Christian mass;
4) ritual use of blood, semen, urine or
excrement;
5) sacrifice of embryos and infants often using knives
followed by cooking in a cauldron and/or ritual cannibalism;
6)
ritual use of animals;
7) ritual use of torches, candles and
darkness;
8) chanting, especially of names of demons;
9)
drinking a drug or potion;
10) dancing backwards in a circle or
other ritual use of the circle; and
11) dismemberment of corpses
and extraction of the heart.
[James Quan, A Consolidation of SRA
and False Memory Data, 1996]
Two things are clear from the cases cited.
First satanic crimes are being perpetrated in the U.S. , as well as
in other countries. Second, human sacrifice and cannibalism are
still being practiced. As reports of satanic ritual abuse continue
to emerge, ten characteristic reported abused have been described by
Young et al. (19991) and Young (1992):
1. Childhood sexual abuse,
2. Witnessing and
receiving physical abuse and torture,
3. Witnessing animal
mutilations and killings,
4. Death threats,
5. Forced drug
usage,
6. Witnessing and forced participation in human adult and
infant sacrifice,
7. Forced cannibalism,
8. Ceremonial
"marriage" to Satan,
9. Being buried alive in coffins or
graves…and
10. Forced impregnation and sacrifice of own child.
[Gail Carr Feldman, "SRA: A chapter in the History of Human
Cruelty," Journal of Psychohistory, Winter 1995]
In some area, there has not been much need for
secrecy. In our country, grown men in long robes have murdered at
night, often in the southern states, with extraordinary impunity.
And the Nazis, who often practiced Satanism, according to the PBS
documentary, "The Occult History of the Third Reich," made a
slaughterhouse out of their country earlier this century. Cults in
Jonestown and Waco , in the present day, demonstrate that children
are being subjected to religious horrors. Numerous recent
convictions of day care abuses with ritual allegations are
documented. This is not a small problem. Nor is it new behavior.
[Anne Hart, California Therapist]
Survivors today are disclosing that abuse
occurs in groups that claim to be Christian, Catholic, Moslem,
Jewish, Masonic, Celtic, Druidic, Nordic occult, Nazi, African- and
Afro-Caribbean-based religions. [Craig Lockwood, Other Altars, 1993]
This dramatic rise in disclosures must be examined within the
context of the enormous shifts in the cultural perceptions of child
abuse and the broad acceptance of counseling. [James Quan, A
Consolidation of SRA and False Memory Data, 1996]
MIND CONTROL
Project Monarch could be best described as a
form of structured dissociation and occultic integration, in order
to compartmentalize the mind into multiple personalities within a
systematic framework. During this process, a Satanic ritual, usually
including Cabalistic mysticism, is performed with the purpose of
attaching a particular demon or group of demons to the corresponding
alter (s).
Of course, most skeptics would view this
as simply a means to enhance trauma within the victim, negating any
irrational belief that demonic possession actually occurs. Another
way of examining this convoluted victimization of body and soul is
by looking at it as a complex computer program: A file (alter) is
created through trauma, repetition and reinforcement. In order to
activate (trigger) the file, a specific access code or password (cue
or command) is required. The victim/survivor is called a "slave" by
the programmer/handler, who in turn is perceived as "master" or
"god." About 75% are female, since they possess a higher tolerance
for pain and tend to dissociate easier than males.
Subjects are used mainly for cover operations,
prostitution and pornography; involvement in the entertainment
industry is notable… A majority of the victims/survivors come from
multi-generational Satanic families (bloodlines) and are ostensibly
programmed "to fill their destiny as the chosen ones or chosen
generations" (a term coined by Mengele at Auschwitz ). Some are
adopted out to families of similar origin. Others used in this
neurological nightmare are deemed "expendable one"
(non-bloodliners), usually coming from orphanages, foster care
homes, or incestuous families with a long history of pedophilia.
There also appears to be a pattern of family members affiliated with
government or military intelligence agencies. Many of the abused
come from families who use Catholicism, Mormonism, or charismatic
Christianity as a "front" for their abominable activities (though
members of other religious groups are also involved.
Victims/survivors generally respond more
readily to a rigid religious (dogmatic, legalistic) hierarchical
structure because it parallels their base programming. [Ron Patton,
Project Monarch, Nazi Mind Control, 1996]
MOTIVE
When we understand the fact that ritual abuse
is usually perpetrated by groups which are deeply involved in
organized crime, the underlying incentives of these
cult/perpetrators groups becomes clear. While ritual abuse is
certainly an integral part of some kinds of satanism, it is most
likely that the deeper reason for the prevalence of ritual abuse is
that, simply put, it reliably creates a group of people who function
as unpaid slaves to the perpetrator group. [Catherine Gould,
Cultural and Economic Barriers to Protecting Children from Ritual
Abuse and Mind Control, 1995]
SYSTEM
RESPONSE
Another interesting fact is the quite clear
amount of disinformation. Take Hamburg for example: the police
reported zero cases, therapists have 47 cases in treatment. The
sexual crime unit of the police had reported about 12 cases; as they
told me in a personal conversation, none of these cases made their
official way to the commission. This is not surprising for those
working in the field of Ritual abuse. [Thorsten Becker, "Ritual
Abuse: A German Cult-Counsellors Perspective," Presentation on the
symposium on Psychic Trauma and Dissociation, Utrecht [ Netherlands
], Oktober 28. 1999]
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