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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 [[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>

'''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.}}