Religion News Blog » Satanic and/or ritual abuse http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:33:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Prosecutor not malicious in Satanic sex abuse case, Canada’s Supreme Court says http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23872/prosecutor-not-malicious-in-satanic-sex-abuse-case-canadas-supreme-court-says http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23872/prosecutor-not-malicious-in-satanic-sex-abuse-case-canadas-supreme-court-says#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:33:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23872 Supreme Court Canada The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that a Crown prosecutor was not acting maliciously when he prosecuted 12 members of a Saskatchewan family in the early 1990s after three foster children accused them of sexual abuse and bizarre satanic ritual abuse.

In 1993, criminal charges against all but one member of the Klassen family were stayed and the children later admitted they had made up the story.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23872/prosecutor-not-malicious-in-satanic-sex-abuse-case-canadas-supreme-court-says/feed 0 Was there a satanic cult at Hosanna Church? http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22575/hosanna-church-satanic-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22575/hosanna-church-satanic-cult#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:56:51 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22575 Richard Ofshe After the trial of Louis Lamonica, Richard Ofshe said he could have offered the jury insight into the nature of cults to help them understand what was happening at Hosanna. He said he could have told them there is no such thing as satanic cults that abuse children.

If the initial statements of the children and suspects indicate the abuse occurred as part of a satanic cult — something that has never happened — then the truth of everything alleged in that statement is questionable, Ofshe said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22575/hosanna-church-satanic-cult/feed 0 Argentinean courts confirm boy was killed in satanic ritual http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20463/cesar-beguiristain http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20463/cesar-beguiristain#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:29:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20463/cesar-beguiristain http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20463/cesar-beguiristain/feed 0 Court Reinstates Lawsuit Involving Priests’ Satanic Rituals http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19773/gerald-robinson-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19773/gerald-robinson-3#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:58:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19773/gerald-robinson-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19773/gerald-robinson-3/feed 0 Gerald Robinson abuse suit’s dismissal to be appealed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17223/gerald-robinson-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17223/gerald-robinson-2#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:54:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17223/gerald-robinson-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17223/gerald-robinson-2/feed 0 Civil suit against Gerald Robinson dismissed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17222/civil-suit-against-gerald-robinson-dismissed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17222/civil-suit-against-gerald-robinson-dismissed#comments Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:35:58 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17222/civil-suit-against-gerald-robinson-dismissed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17222/civil-suit-against-gerald-robinson-dismissed/feed 0 African children at risk of ritual abuse http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16878/african-children-at-risk-of-ritual-abuse http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16878/african-children-at-risk-of-ritual-abuse#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:07:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16878/african-children-at-risk-of-ritual-abuse exorcisms. Concern has been growing about the impact on children of such ritual practices.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16878/african-children-at-risk-of-ritual-abuse/feed 0 Calls to re-open Lewis abuse case over false allegations http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16062/calls-to-re-open-lewis-abuse-case-over-false-allegations http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16062/calls-to-re-open-lewis-abuse-case-over-false-allegations#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:03:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16062/calls-to-re-open-lewis-abuse-case-over-false-allegations http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16062/calls-to-re-open-lewis-abuse-case-over-false-allegations/feed 0 Priest’s abuse accuser says limitations law doesn’t apply http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17221/gerald-robinson http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17221/gerald-robinson#comments Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:43:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17221/gerald-robinson http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17221/gerald-robinson/feed 0 Priest was a killer: victim http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14806/priest-was-a-killer-victim http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14806/priest-was-a-killer-victim#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14806/priest-was-a-killer-victim/feed 0