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[[Image:GustaveDoreParadiseLostSatanProfile.jpg|right|thumb|Gustave Doré's depiction of [[Satan]] from [[John Milton]]'s ''[[Paradise Lost]]''. Traditional Satanism involves individuals who worship the [[Devil]].]]

[[Image:GustaveDoreParadiseLostSatanProfile.jpg|right|thumb|Gustave Doré's depiction of [[Satan]] from [[John Milton]]'s ''[[Paradise Lost]]''. Traditional Satanism involves individuals who worship the [[Devil]].]]

'''Satanic ritual abuse''' refers to the abuse of individuals perpetuated by [[Satanism|Satanists]], worshipers of the [[Devil]]. Devil worshipers observe the Black Mass, which involves desecration of the [[Eucharist]].<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/devil-worshiper-hell-bent-controversy-satanic-black-mass/story?id=26047473 Devil Worshiper Hell-Bent on Controversy with Satanic Black Mass Ceremony], [[ABC]]</ref> The theologian Carl A. Raschke found that "Satanism provides a fertile field for such underworld activities as child pornography, drug dealing, and sexual abuse."<ref>[https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/satanic-ritual-abuse-children-widespread-child-abuse-opposing Satanic Ritual Abuse of Children Is Widespread], [[United States Department of Justice]]</ref> At least 100,000 survivors of Satanic ritual abuse have undergone therapy and have recalled incidents that occurred during childhood. The practices of Satanists are grotesque, with the CRI describing them as follows:<ref>[https://www.equip.org/articles/the-hard-facts-about-satanic-ritual-abuse/ The Hard Facts about Satanic Ritual Abuse], [[Christian Research Institute]]</ref>

'''Satanic ritual abuse''' refers to the abuse of individuals perpetuated by [[Satanism|Satanists]], worshipers of the [[Devil]]. Devil worshipers observe the Black Mass, which involves desecration of the [[Eucharist]].<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/devil-worshiper-hell-bent-controversy-satanic-black-mass/story?id=26047473 Devil Worshiper Hell-Bent on Controversy with Satanic Black Mass Ceremony], [[ABC]]</ref> The theologian Carl A. Raschke found that "Satanism provides a fertile field for such underworld activities as child pornography, drug dealing, and sexual abuse."<ref>[https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/satanic-ritual-abuse-children-widespread-child-abuse-opposing Satanic Ritual Abuse of Children Is Widespread], [[United States Department of Justice]]</ref> At least 100,000 survivors of Satanic ritual abuse have undergone therapy and have recalled incidents that occurred during childhood. The practices of Satanists are grotesque, with the [[Christian Research Institute|CRI]] describing them as follows:<ref>[https://www.equip.org/articles/the-hard-facts-about-satanic-ritual-abuse/ The Hard Facts about Satanic Ritual Abuse], [[Christian Research Institute]]</ref>

{{cquote|A teenage girl, who was impregnated during a satanic ritual, is forcibly delivered of her nearly term baby and then made to ritually kill the child and eat its heart as cult members watch. Another girl, a small child, is sewn inside the cavity of a disemboweled animal and “rebirthed” by her cultic captors in a grotesque ceremony. A preschool class is systematically abused — sexually, emotionally, and physically — by members of a nationwide, nearly invincible network of satanic pedophiles and pornographers. A young girl is thrown into an electrified cage with wolves and ritually tortured to deliberately produce a “wolf personality,” part of her multiple personality disorder.}}

{{cquote|A teenage girl, who was impregnated during a satanic ritual, is forcibly delivered of her nearly term baby and then made to ritually kill the child and eat its heart as cult members watch. Another girl, a small child, is sewn inside the cavity of a disemboweled animal and “rebirthed” by her cultic captors in a grotesque ceremony. A preschool class is systematically abused — sexually, emotionally, and physically — by members of a nationwide, nearly invincible network of satanic pedophiles and pornographers. A young girl is thrown into an electrified cage with wolves and ritually tortured to deliberately produce a “wolf personality,” part of her multiple personality disorder.}}

Prominent leaders of the Satanic cult 764, which has thousands of members, were arrested in Britain after they were found to abuse women, children, and animals.<ref>[https://people.com/satanist-teenager-jailed-encouraging-suicide-plotting-homeless-mans-murder-8776373 'Satanist' Teenager Jailed After Encouraging Suicide, Plotting Homeless Man's Murder], [[People (magazine)|People]]</ref> Adherents make blood oaths to Satan.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/28/new-york-satanic-cult-764-fbi A 23-year-old was arrested for gun possession. It led the FBI to a global Satanic cult], [[Guardian (UK)|The Guardian]]</ref> A report in ''Wired'' documented:

Prominent leaders of the Satanic cult 764, which has thousands of members, were arrested in Britain after they were found to abuse women, children, and animals.<ref>[https://people.com/satanist-teenager-jailed-encouraging-suicide-plotting-homeless-mans-murder-8776373 'Satanist' Teenager Jailed After Encouraging Suicide, Plotting Homeless Man's Murder], [[People (magazine)|People]]</ref> Adherents make blood oaths to Satan.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/28/new-york-satanic-cult-764-fbi A 23-year-old was arrested for gun possession. It led the FBI to a global Satanic cult], [[Guardian (UK)|The Guardian]]</ref> A report in ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' documented:

{{cquote|They [Satanists] have coerced children into sexual abuse or self-harm, causing them to deeply lacerate their bodies to carve “cutsigns” of an abuser’s online alias into their skin. Victims have flushed their heads in toilets, attacked their siblings, killed their pets, and in some extreme instances, attempted or died by suicide. Court records from the United States and European nations reveal participants in this network have also been accused of robberies, in-person sexual abuse of minors, kidnapping, weapons violations, swatting, and murder.<ref>[https://www.wired.com/story/764-com-child-predator-network/ There Are Dark Corners of the Internet. Then There's 764], [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]</ref>}}

{{cquote|They [Satanists] have coerced children into sexual abuse or self-harm, causing them to deeply lacerate their bodies to carve “cutsigns” of an abuser’s online alias into their skin. Victims have flushed their heads in toilets, attacked their siblings, killed their pets, and in some extreme instances, attempted or died by suicide. Court records from the United States and European nations reveal participants in this network have also been accused of robberies, in-person sexual abuse of minors, kidnapping, weapons violations, swatting, and murder.<ref>[https://www.wired.com/story/764-com-child-predator-network/ There Are Dark Corners of the Internet. Then There's 764], [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]</ref>}}