“Ritual abuse is highly organised and, obviously, secretive. It is often linked with other major crimes such as child pornography, child prostitution, the drugs industry, trafficking, and many other illegal and heinous activities. Ritual abuse is organised sexual, physical and… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“Those who support such survivors of abuse often find it difficult to hear the reality of those survivors' lives and experience and are often… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“The people who were behind my abuse were very clever. They had created something which would be so difficult to explain, so difficult to… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“Political prisoners describe: - extreme physical and emotional torture - distortion of language, truth, meaning and reality - sham killings - begin repeatedly taken… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“Some abusers organise themselves in groups to abuse children and other adults in a more formally ritualised way. Men and women in these groups… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“He loves me so he hurts me To try and make me good. It doesn't work. I'm just too bad And don't do what… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“Ritualised child sexual abuse is about abuse of power, control and secrecy. Ten years ago many people found it difficult to believe that fathers… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“I'm just asking you to accept that there are some people who will go to extraordinary lengths to cover up the facts that they… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“It felt like I was living in two worlds. There was one world which was a daylight world and another dark world (though I'm… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“In a nutshell, the process they [abusers in a ritual abuse group] use on survivors is designed to: break the will and personality of… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“In some counties, there is an actual named crime of ritual abuse and there too, there have been convictions.” — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“Ritual abuse is highly organised and, obviously, secretive. It is often linked with other major crimes such as child pornography, child prostitution, the drugs… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“I have to find a place to hide An island in the sea Surrounded by a racing tide Where I can live with me” — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
![“In a nutshell, the process they [abusers in a ritual abuse group] use on survivors is designed to: break the will and personality of the person until they become as nothing... with no will of their own...no identity...then they... rebuild the person & shape their will in order to...try and make…” quote by Laurie Matthew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f99/laurie-matthew-31209_abuse-sexual-abuse_in-a-nutshell-the-process-they-abusers-i_1534823.jpg)
