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Official Reports and Research
In the News
Criminal Cases
False Memories
Lawsuits

Official Reports and Research

Legal action set to go all the way to Scotland's highest court
Cult Expert Calls Peterson Theory 'Ridiculous'
Woman sues for lost childhood
Officials: No Cult Mutilating Animals
Satanic abuse row erupts
Protesting Modern Witchunts
Multiple Personalities and Satanic Cults
Multiple Personalities and Satanic Cults--Victims of Memory
Report dismisses Satanic child abuse as a myth
The Hard Facts About Satanic Ritual Abuse
1992 FBI Report -- Satanic Ritual Abuse
San Diego Grand Jury Report on Childhood Ritual Abuse 1991-92
The JET Report
A Ritual Abuse Expert? Does Susan Kelly Manipulate Children?

In the News

Mom blames housemate, fear of satanic cult for son's death
Satanic abuse: The truth at last
'Satanic abuse' victims demand an apology
Lost years of 'satanic panic' children
Satanic abuse scandal kids take action
Satanist cult condemns work of church vandals
Revealed: past lies of abuse witness
Satanists Survive in Scary San Francisco
Satanists are so nice . . but in a bad way
Probe into collapsed abuse case
Satanic sex cult 'invented'
Saskatoon police chief apologizes for malicious prosecution
Is cult linked to Peterson killings?
Sask civil trial begins for 12 people falsely accused of foster kid sex abuse
Speak of the Devil
Old black magic: Does Scott Peterson have a dated defense strategy?
Experts: No Proof of Satanic Cults
The Martensville "Satanic Sex Scandal"
Hell to Pay
Ky. prison suspends satanic services
Satanic panic attack
Police recruits get cult lesson
Patient Tells Of Exorcism Attempt
Satanic rites rumors linked to Guatemala attack
Psychiatrist Has License Suspended
Devil worship exists in Kenya - commission says
When teens venture to the Dark Side
Woman Died As Sect Tried To "Purify" Her?
Minnesota Therapist Censured for Mixing Beliefs and Practice
Public Caught Between State Board, Troubled Therapists
Texas Law Hides Complaints Against Psychologists
Devilish Diagnosis
The Devil You Say

Criminal Cases

Ruling in 'satanist' case gives prosecutors more leeway
Defense Offers New Evidence in a Murder Case That Shocked Arkansas
Saskatchewan government settles final two lawsuits from bogus sex case
Crown lawyer had doubts about cult abuse charges: sources
U.S. church arsonist draws prison term
Satanic Murder Shocks Argentina
Satanic DJs Allegedly Robbed Communication Towers
Teenage 'satanists' dreamed of killing
Two Finns convicted for Satanist murder
Arrest Made in Satanic Killing of 13-Year-Old Girl
Satanic Ritual Ends With Stabbing
Man held in Church Fires/ Satanism
Matamoros slaying still fuels parents' anti-drug effort
Belgian woman dies after satanic ritual in Spain
Teenage cult members killed in Satanic mass
Suspect with satanic impulses confesses to burning churches
Accused Indiana church arsonist dabbled in Satanism
Ousted juror: No reason to halt cult memory trial
Satanic cult members sentenced for ritual murders
Sellers' execution reignites debate over age of killers
Hate Crime or a Prank?
Grisly cult murder trial grips Greece
Mental health workers fear indictments' impact
A Darkness in Massachusetts
A Darkness in Massachusetts II
A Darkness in Massachusetts III
Backlash builds over abuse claims the public is no longer buying ritual cases
Indictment of False Memory therapists for insurance fraud

False Memories?

Formers workers claim suspended doctor was involved in treatment
Beware a Rash of Exorcisms
Hysteria Recalls Salem Trials
Therapy in Turmoil: The Memory Controversy (Part 1)
Therapy in Turmoil: The Memory Controversy (Part 2)
Therapy in Turmoil: The Memory Controversy (Part 3)
Haunted Dreams: Real or Implanted?

Lawsuits

Ruling in 'satanist' case gives prosecutors more leeway
Robinson abuse suit's dismissal to be appealed
Saskatchewan government settles final two lawsuits from bogus sex case
Saskatchewan couple settles lawsuit with gov't
Family accused of "satanic" abuse received $750,000 settlement from city of Escondido
School relents on anti-witch rule
Even fourth-grade vocabulary words at issue in Satanism lawsuit
Satan's Den in Great Disrepair
Woman Settles for $10.6 Million with Her Former Psychiatrist and Chicago Hospital over Allegations she had been Brainwashed to Believe she was a Satanic High Priestess
Psychologist accused of planting false abuse memories in patient
Another Malpractice Suit is Settled
Woman Sues Therapists Over 500 Personalities Claim
There'll be the devil to pay: The future of America's recovered memory movement is at stake in a $35M lawsuit


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