Organized and Ritual Child Sexual Abuse

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What is Organized and Ritual Child Sexual Abuse?

A definition is provided in this journal article Psychiatric Impact of Organized and Ritual Child Sexual Abuse: Cross-Sectional Findings from Individuals Who Report Being Victimized[/i]:

"Sexual child abuse involving a network of perpetrators acting repeatedly and jointly on multiple victims is defined as 'organized abuse'. Organized abuse that follows a (pseudo-) ideological strategy (e.g., symbols or group activities with religious, magical, or supernatural connotations) in order to frighten and intimidate the children or to force the victims to participate whilst simultaneously accomplishing the perpetrators' exculpation is referred to as 'ritual abuse'."