What is Ritual Abuse?

Ritual abuse (RA) occurs when a group of people (often organized) abuse someone over a long period of time. RA refers to patterns of severe, prolonged, and systematic abuse. These groups use special ceremonies or rituals to control and frighten the victim. These ceremonies can include many types of abuse, including but not limited to torture, sexual, physical, emotional, and psychological abuse.

RA is usually associated with organized groups or cults, but it can also occur within families or other groups of people. The abuse is usually hidden, and the victim may be afraid to speak out.

RA can cause extremely long-term damage to a person’s body, mind, and emotions.

Ritual Abuse (RA) and Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) Are Not the Same

Ritual Abuse (RA) is a very real, harmful, and terrible thing that happens to victims all over the world. People are abused in ritualistic ways over and over again. It does happen.

Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) is a controversial topic because of its association with the mass hysteria and “Satanic Panic” of the 1980s. There have been many massive and frightening, far-reaching claims about SRA that were later debunked or found to be based on unreliable testimony or flimsy evidence.

We are not here to say that SRA is or is not real. If someone has gone through a severe trauma and that’s what they think it was, we’re not going to invalidate that, as we only know so much. We can only tell you that SRA and RA are two different things, and there is controversy about SRA that should not extend to RA.

Too many people confuse the two and dismiss people’s real experiences and histories with RA. It’s important to understand the differences and recognize that they are not the same.

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