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Selling Kids: Examples of the Horrors of Modern Amorality Written by Goel August 25, 2026 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated 4,000 convictions involving over 2,300 children after it was revealed that two Luzerne County judges, Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, had accepted over $2.8 million in bribes to jail children at for-profit private prisons. Ciavarella […]

Roch Thériault and Seventh Day Adventist Ritual Abuse Written by Go El Aug 23, 2026 Ritual abuse groups share common characteristics as a general rule, despite the fact that they vary wildly in their beliefs and practices. First, the group is usually headed by a man or men who exert extreme sexual dominance over others

Cases, Convictions, and Realities of Organized Ritual Abuse Written by Go El Aug 17, 2026 In the United Kingdom, at least 14 cases of ritualized sexual abuse have yielded convictions. Malcolm and Susan Smith, along with Susan’s sister and brother in law Albert and Carole Hickman were convicted in 1982 for sexually abusing four children

I’ve had the same two recurring dreams every night for the better part of forty years. I don’t want to know what they mean, or why I have them. Investigations in Ritual Abuse is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. When I first

Reposted By Akiya Dillon Las Vegas Review-Journal An Oregon woman is suing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, alleging that a high priest for a ward in the east Las Vegas Valley sexually assaulted her for as many as five years when she was a child. The complaint, filed Tuesday in federal court in

The LDS Church and Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Review: Part 1 In many known cases where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has been sued in civil cases relating to sexual abuse, a perpetrator’s sexually abusive behavior-and the criminal record from that behavior-began in the perpetrator’s youth. Such was the case when Paydan

Written by Noah Levy for Esquire Tue, December 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM MST In 2004, the men of the inner circle watched in approval as twenty-year-old Brittany Crouch chugged expensive wine from an oversized glass. Around them, the crowd buzzed at Del Frisco’s, the white-tablecloth steakhouse in midtown Manhattan populated by Wall Street guys

After amassing evidence from over 300 survivors to develop a legal route for prosecution or civil suits against pedophiles in Utah, we were unable to take a single case to the Department of Homeland Security or the FBI. We also couldn’t find a single attorney who would take a survivor as a client for a

Here at Relentless Hope, we’re an Utah based organization with a staggering number of Latter Day Saint perpetrators who abuse our clients, survivors of horrific abuse. This abuse takes place in both ritual and non-ritual contexts, and one of our major obstacles in exposing and dealing with the endemic problem of sexual abuse in Utah

MikHixenbaugh Fri, November 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM MST 8 min read The Assemblies of God released a statement defending its efforts to protect children. (Terra Fondriest for NBC News)  This article is part of “Pastors and Prey,” a series investigating sex abuse allegations in the Assemblies of God. The Assemblies of God is facing calls for reform