Abuse Quote by Susan C. Van Benschoten

“Because the problem of ritual abuse and mind control has not gone away - the survivors are still there - many more therapists have…

— Alison Miller

“This monograph by Special Agent Ken Lanning (1992) is merely a guide for those who may investigate this phenomenon, as the title indicates, and…

— Pamela Sue Perskin

“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

“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

“In an article offering a law enforcement perspective on allegations of ritual abuse, Lanning (1992, A law-enforcement perspective on allegations of ritual abuse) fails…

— Susan E. Devine David A. Sakheim

“In some counties, there is an actual named crime of ritual abuse and there too, there have been convictions.”

— Laurie Matthew

“It is hardly surprising that many survivors of ritual abuse develop DID in order to preserve their own sanity.”

— Joan Coleman

“Batley insisted that no cult existed but the jury found him guilty of 35 offences including 11 rapes. three indecent assaults, causing prostitution for…

— Michael Salter

“…is methodical abuse, often using indoctrination, aimed at breaking the will of another human being. In a 1989 report, the Ritual Abuse Task Force…

— Chrystine Oksana

“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

“When one of my early teachers, for instance, recognized that many ritually abused clients were still being abused while in treatment, she insisted that…

— Alison Miller

“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

“In my client who had confessed her “alien abduction” experience, an alter had been instructed that if she began to remember the ritual abuse…

— Alison Miller

“Political prisoners describe: - extreme physical and emotional torture - distortion of language, truth, meaning and reality - sham killings - begin repeatedly taken…

— Laurie Matthew

“I'm back in the basement of the Ascension Catholic Church, Francisco. And Little Suzie is here. She's lying on an alter, and they're hurting…

— Suzie Burke