Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Knesset new testimony of alleged ritual sexual abuse, Clergy Abuse settlements: NY $300 million - 1300 victims, LA $880 million, New Orleans $305 million - 600 survivors, Nearly 1 in 3 women – est. 840 million globally – partner or sexual violence
- Knesset hears harrowing new testimony of alleged ritual sexual abuse; survivors demand action - The testimonies describe patterns of abuse that survivors say were organized, repeated, ideologically framed, and allegedly carried out by groups of adults
- New York archdiocese seeks $300m to settle claims by clergy abuse survivors Largest US Catholic archdiocese is raising funds, selling assets and cutting costs to compensate about 1,300 victims
- Archdiocese of Los Angeles and more than 1,000 people who accused its personnel of abuse, resulting in an $880m settlement in 2024.
- Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans and its insurers would pay $305m to about 600 abuse survivors of the clergy molestation scandal there
- Nearly 1 in 3 women – estimated 840 million globally – have experienced partner or sexual violence during their lifetime, a figure that has barely changed since 2000. In the last 12 months alone, 316 million women – 11% of those aged 15 or older – were subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner. Progress on reducing intimate partner violence has been painfully slow
Knesset hears harrowing new testimony of alleged ritual sexual abuse; survivors demand action - The testimonies describe patterns of abuse that survivors say were organized, repeated, ideologically framed, and allegedly carried out by groups of adults. By Sarah Ben-Nun December 3, 2025
Describes abuse and violence.
A series of profoundly distressing testimonies was delivered at the Knesset on Tuesday, as women described years of what they say were ritualized, organized sexual assaults they endured as children, including allegations of group rape, sadistic violence, and abuse that, in one case, was said to have occurred weekly in the office of a former MK.
The hearing, held jointly by the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women and the Special Committee on Youth, renewed urgent calls by lawmakers for law enforcement authorities to fully investigate the growing number of such accounts.
The testimonies, many of which have emerged publicly over the past several months, describe patterns of abuse that survivors say were organized, repeated, ideologically framed, and allegedly carried out by groups of adults, sometimes including figures in positions of authority. Though the accounts differ, they share recurring motifs: multiple perpetrators, use of drugs or intoxicants, coercive “ceremonies,” and violence far beyond conventional patterns of childhood sexual abuse.
Another survivor, identified as ‘S,’ described being kidnapped repeatedly as a child: “They tied me upside down. They electrocuted my intimate organs. They forced me to watch the murder of small babies. They made me dig my own grave. They are here among us.” She said she gave the police detailed testimony, including names, places, and descriptions, but does not feel her account has been taken seriously.
A third woman, referred to as ‘M’ and whose testimony was read aloud, said she endured abuse by family members, a doctor, a psychiatrist, and rabbis throughout her childhood. She described what she called a “ritual assault” suffered while she was in advanced pregnancy and said she was forced to commit “horrific acts” to save her unborn child....
Police added that a unit within the Lahav 433 National Crime Unit – which specializes in sexual offenses involving minors and digital exploitation – is now handling the issue under direct senior oversight, acknowledging as well the complexity of cases involving decades-old allegations, multiple perpetrators, and victims who may struggle with fragmented memories due to trauma.
However, one survivor, identified as ‘A,’ sharply criticized the investigative process. She said she spent more than 100 hours giving statements to police, only to learn the investigator “didn’t know the case file” and told her she could not reopen or cross-reference past evidence....
Over recent months, a wave of testimonies flooded social media and news reports describing alleged ritualized patterns of abuse, some within insular communities, others in secular settings.
Experts from NGOs such as Lo Omdot Me’Negged (“not standing aside”) and the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel (ARCCI) said they have been receiving increasing reports that include highly similar details: multiple offenders, use of drugs or sedation, enforced secrecy, and ritual framing meant to terrify children or bind them psychologically to abusers.
Clinicians interviewed by several outlets have said that even if not all accounts can be proven, the consistency of patterns across unrelated survivors warrants serious attention, not dismissal. Police and prosecutors told MKs on Tuesday that they are learning the field and are coordinating more closely, including reevaluating past files and considering legislative needs. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-879095
New York archdiocese seeks $300m to settle claims by clergy abuse survivors
Largest US Catholic archdiocese is raising funds, selling assets and cutting costs to compensate about 1,300 victims Lucy Campbell Tue 9 Dec 2025
The Roman Catholic archdiocese of New York – the largest organization of its kind in the US – is raising a $300m fund as it seeks to settle with about 1,300 survivors of clergy sexual abuse who have sued the church. Some of the money involved comes from the New York archdiocese’s cutting costs and selling off assets after Catholic priests, deacons and lay workers worldwide sexually preyed on children for decades – with the abusers being protected by their superiors....
Furthermore, the archdiocese agreed to engage retired judge Daniel J Buckley as a mediator between itself and survivors to reach a settlement. Buckley played a similar role in negotiations between the archdiocese of Los Angeles and more than 1,000 people who accused its personnel of abuse, resulting in an $880m settlement in 2024.
With civil litigation against the archdiocese of New York due to come to trial in 2026, the archdiocese agreed to negotiate settlements over the next two months, said attorney Jeff Anderson. Anderson, who represents about 300 of the reported 1,311 survivors in New York with claims dating from 1952 to 2020, said settlements would have to be accompanied by full disclosure of wrongdoing and measures to prevent future abuse....
The announcement of the New York settlement negotiations came on the same day that officials revealed the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans and its insurers would pay $305m to about 600 abuse survivors of the clergy molestation scandal there....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/new-york-archdiocese-fundraising-abuse-claims
New Orleans Catholic clergy abuse survivors in line to collectively be paid $305m Attorneys for the victims struck deal with the church’s largest insurer to increase $230m settlement approved earlier Ramon Antonio Vargas and David Hammer of WWL Louisiana Mon 8 Dec 2025
Roughly 600 survivors of the clergy molestation scandal that drove the New Orleans Catholic archdiocese into bankruptcy have secured the opportunity to collectively be paid $305m after attorneys for the victims and the church’s largest insurer struck a deal Monday, according to some of the lawyers....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/payment-survivors-sexual-abuse-new-orleans
Lifetime toll: 840 million women faced partner or sexual violence 19 November 2025 Violence against women remains one of the world’s most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little progress in two decades, according to a landmark report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN partners.
Nearly 1 in 3 women – estimated 840 million globally – have experienced partner or sexual violence during their lifetime, a figure that has barely changed since 2000. In the last 12 months alone, 316 million women – 11% of those aged 15 or older – were subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner. Progress on reducing intimate partner violence has been painfully slow with only 0.2% annual decline over the past two decades.
For the first time, the report includes national and regional estimates of sexual violence by someone other than a partner. It finds 263 million women have experienced non-partner sexual violence since age 15, a figure experts caution is significantly under-reported due to stigma and fear.
https://www.who.int/news/item/19-11-2025-lifetime-toll--840-million-women-faced-partner-or-sexual-violence
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Sex Crimes Squad charge four men for involvement in an international satanic child sex abuse material ring
Sex Crimes Squad charge four men for involvement in an international satanic child sex abuse material ring
4 Men Accused of Having 'Satanic' Child Torture Videos Linked to International Ring: 'Ritualistic' - Officers used a battering ram and shouted, 'Police!' before entering the apartment of the man said to be the leader of the child sex abuse material ring, authorities said By KC Baker December 1, 2025
Four men in Australia are facing criminal charges in connection with their alleged involvement in possessing or distributing child sex abuse material linked to an international satanic child sex abuse ring, authorities said.
Sex Crimes Squad detectives with the New South Wales Police charged the four suspects following an investigation by a special task force into an international satanic child sex abuse material ring, the NSW Police Force said in a statement on Monday, Dec. 1.
On Thursday, Nov. 27, while executing six search warrants around Sydney, officers used a battering ram to enter the Sydney apartment of one of the four suspects, a 26-year-old man who allegedly played a “leading role” in the scheme, according to video released by NSW police, CNN reports.
Dressed in a zebra print top and shorts, the suspect, identified as Landon Germanotta-Mills, 26, by police, the Associated Press reports, was led out of the apartment in the city’s Waterloo section in handcuffs.
He and three others, Stuart Woods Riches, 39, Mark Andrew Sendecky, 42, and Benjamin Raymond Drysdale, 46, were charged with various offenses, with Germanotta-Mills and Drysdale accused of disseminating child abuse material online, police said, per the Associated Press.
While executing the warrants, officers seized electronic devices allegedly containing thousands of videos depicting the abuse of children from babies to 12-year-olds, police said, according to the AP.
Germanotta-Mills was also charged with allegedly disseminating and possessing bestiality material, NSW Police said in the statement.
The arrests came after a lengthy investigation by detectives working in what NSW Police call Strike Force Constantine, which has been looking into the online distribution of encrypted child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic and satanic themes, per the statement.
During the investigation, the task force “uncovered a Sydney-based pedophile network actively involved in possessing, distributing, and facilitating this material through a website administered internationally,” the statement alleges.
“There’s no run-of-the-mill child abuse, it’s all abhorrent child abuse,” Det. Supt. Jayne Doherty told reporters on Monday, the AP reports. “But these,” she continued, “were particularly devastating in that they use symbols and rituals around … their discussions that they were having about abusing children. It had a very ritualistic overview." https://people.com/alleged-satanic-child-abuse-network-four-men-accused-11859871
Sex Crimes Squad charge four men for involvement in an international satanic child sex abuse material ring Monday, 01 December 2025
Sex Crimes Squad detectives have charged four men following an investigation into an international satanic child sex abuse material ring under Strike Force Constantine.
Strike Force Constantine was established by the State Crime Command’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit to investigate the online distribution of child sexual abuse involving ritualistic or satanic themes.
During the investigation, detectives uncovered a Sydney-based paedophile network actively involved in possessing, distributing, and facilitating this material through a website administered internationally.
Following extensive inquiries, about 7am on Thursday 27 November 2025, strike force detectives – with assistance from Central Metropolitan Region Operational Support Group and the Public Order and Riot Squad – executed six search warrants in Waterloo, Ultimo, and Malabar.
At the Waterloo address, police arrested a 26-year-old man, who police will allege playing a leading role in the group.
He was taken to Mascot Police Station, where he was charged with seven counts of use carriage service make available child abuse, use carriage etc to access child abuse material, three counts of possess etc child abuse data-use carriage service, two counts of person disseminates bestiality material, and person possesses bestiality material....
Sydney men charged with spreading child sexual abuse videos tied to international ring By ROD MCGUIRK December 1, 2025
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Four Sydney men have been charged with criminal offenses over their alleged involvement in the distribution of child sexual abuse material linked to an international child sex abuse ring, police said Monday.
A New South Wales state police task force identified the Sydney-based network while investigating the online distribution of encrypted child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic and satanic themes, Det. Supt. Jayne Doherty said.
“There’s no run-of-the mill child abuse, it’s all abhorrent child abuse,” Doherty told reporters.
“But these ones were particularly devastating in that they use symbols and rituals around … their discussions that they were having about abusing children. It had a very ritualistic overview,” she added. Police executed multiple warrants around Sydney last Thursday and four men were arrested..... https://apnews.com/article/australia-ritualistic-child-abuse-sydney-d7847454727d6a74f9731d42367fb6ab
Four men in Australia are facing criminal charges in connection with their alleged involvement in possessing or distributing child sex abuse material linked to an international satanic child sex abuse ring, authorities said.
Sex Crimes Squad detectives with the New South Wales Police charged the four suspects following an investigation by a special task force into an international satanic child sex abuse material ring, the NSW Police Force said in a statement on Monday, Dec. 1.
On Thursday, Nov. 27, while executing six search warrants around Sydney, officers used a battering ram to enter the Sydney apartment of one of the four suspects, a 26-year-old man who allegedly played a “leading role” in the scheme, according to video released by NSW police, CNN reports.
Dressed in a zebra print top and shorts, the suspect, identified as Landon Germanotta-Mills, 26, by police, the Associated Press reports, was led out of the apartment in the city’s Waterloo section in handcuffs.
He and three others, Stuart Woods Riches, 39, Mark Andrew Sendecky, 42, and Benjamin Raymond Drysdale, 46, were charged with various offenses, with Germanotta-Mills and Drysdale accused of disseminating child abuse material online, police said, per the Associated Press.
While executing the warrants, officers seized electronic devices allegedly containing thousands of videos depicting the abuse of children from babies to 12-year-olds, police said, according to the AP.
Germanotta-Mills was also charged with allegedly disseminating and possessing bestiality material, NSW Police said in the statement.
The arrests came after a lengthy investigation by detectives working in what NSW Police call Strike Force Constantine, which has been looking into the online distribution of encrypted child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic and satanic themes, per the statement.
During the investigation, the task force “uncovered a Sydney-based pedophile network actively involved in possessing, distributing, and facilitating this material through a website administered internationally,” the statement alleges.
“There’s no run-of-the-mill child abuse, it’s all abhorrent child abuse,” Det. Supt. Jayne Doherty told reporters on Monday, the AP reports. “But these,” she continued, “were particularly devastating in that they use symbols and rituals around … their discussions that they were having about abusing children. It had a very ritualistic overview." https://people.com/alleged-satanic-child-abuse-network-four-men-accused-11859871
Sex Crimes Squad charge four men for involvement in an international satanic child sex abuse material ring Monday, 01 December 2025
Sex Crimes Squad detectives have charged four men following an investigation into an international satanic child sex abuse material ring under Strike Force Constantine.
Strike Force Constantine was established by the State Crime Command’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit to investigate the online distribution of child sexual abuse involving ritualistic or satanic themes.
During the investigation, detectives uncovered a Sydney-based paedophile network actively involved in possessing, distributing, and facilitating this material through a website administered internationally.
Following extensive inquiries, about 7am on Thursday 27 November 2025, strike force detectives – with assistance from Central Metropolitan Region Operational Support Group and the Public Order and Riot Squad – executed six search warrants in Waterloo, Ultimo, and Malabar.
At the Waterloo address, police arrested a 26-year-old man, who police will allege playing a leading role in the group.
He was taken to Mascot Police Station, where he was charged with seven counts of use carriage service make available child abuse, use carriage etc to access child abuse material, three counts of possess etc child abuse data-use carriage service, two counts of person disseminates bestiality material, and person possesses bestiality material....
Sydney men charged with spreading child sexual abuse videos tied to international ring By ROD MCGUIRK December 1, 2025
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Four Sydney men have been charged with criminal offenses over their alleged involvement in the distribution of child sexual abuse material linked to an international child sex abuse ring, police said Monday.
A New South Wales state police task force identified the Sydney-based network while investigating the online distribution of encrypted child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic and satanic themes, Det. Supt. Jayne Doherty said.
“There’s no run-of-the mill child abuse, it’s all abhorrent child abuse,” Doherty told reporters.
“But these ones were particularly devastating in that they use symbols and rituals around … their discussions that they were having about abusing children. It had a very ritualistic overview,” she added. Police executed multiple warrants around Sydney last Thursday and four men were arrested..... https://apnews.com/article/australia-ritualistic-child-abuse-sydney-d7847454727d6a74f9731d42367fb6ab
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein on Trump: ‘I know how dirty donald is’
Jeffrey Epstein on Trump: ‘I know how dirty donald is’
- Epstein added that a person whose name was redacted in the email but whom the Democrats identified as a victim of his “spent hours at my house with” Trump....
Jeffrey Epstein on Trump: ‘I know how dirty donald is’ Wed, Nov 12 Dan Mangan
Notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said of President Donald Trump, “I know how dirty donald is,” in a 2018 email thread released by House Democrats about Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen pleading guilty to campaign finance violations and agreeing to cooperate in a federal investigation of the president.
The email thread, which CNBC has not independently verified, is among more than 20,000 documents obtained from Epstein’s estate through a subpoena by Democrats on the House oversight committee, which released them.
In a 2019 email, Epstein told author Michael Wolff that his ex-friend Trump “knew about the girls.”
Epstein, in a 2011 email to his now-convicted procurer Ghislaine Maxwell, wrote, “I want you to realize that the dog that hasn’t barked is trump.” Epstein added that a person whose name was redacted in the email but whom the Democrats identified as a victim of his “spent hours at my house with” Trump....
The article detailed Cohen’s guilty plea and its implications for Trump, who was then in his first term in the White House. Cohen had pleaded guilty to crimes related to making and facilitating hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal before the 2016 presidential election.
“I thought you’d find interesting,” Ruemmler wrote to Epstein, who had been friends with Trump for years before they had a falling-out in the early 2000s.
She wrote in the same thread, “It makes no difference whether it was his money. Issue is failure to disclose. Plus, fact that he lied his ass off about it makes it clear that he knew it was illegal.”
“I thought you’d find interesting,” Ruemmler wrote to Epstein, who had been friends with Trump for years before they had a falling-out in the early 2000s.
She wrote in the same thread, “It makes no difference whether it was his money. Issue is failure to disclose. Plus, fact that he lied his ass off about it makes it clear that he knew it was illegal.”
Epstein replied, “You see, I know how dirty donald is.”
“My guess is that non lawyers ny biz people have no idea. what it means to have your fixer flip,” Epstein added....
In an April 2019 email released by House Democrats, Epstein wrote to author Michael Wolff that Trump “knew about the girls,” according to a copy of that message purportedly between the two men.
It is unclear what the phrase “knew about the girls” meant.
In another newly released email that Epstein wrote to his now-convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell in April 2011, Epstein wrote, “I want you to realize that the dog that hasn’t barked is trump.”
Epstein added in that same email that a person whose name was redacted in the email but whom the Democrats identified as a victim of his “spent hours at my house with” Trump....
In an email exchange in December 2015, when Trump was seeking the Republican nomination for the White House, Wolff wrote to Epstein, “I hear CNN planning to ask Trump tonight about his relationship with you — either on air or in scrum afterwards.”
Epstein replied, “if we were able to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?”
Wolff answered: “I think you should let him hang himself. If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency.”
“You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt,” Wolff added. “Of course, it is possible that, when asked, he’ll say Jeffrey is a great guy and has gotten a raw deal and is a victim of political correctness, which is to be outlawed in a Trump regime.”
Trump has denied that he knew about Epstein’s sexual abuse of underage girls and women. The president has never been charged with wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.
The release came two days after Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee issued a statement saying, “Whistleblower information provided to the Committee also indicates that Ghislaine Maxwell is working on filing a ‘Commutation Application’ with the Trump Administration.”
Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for crimes related to procuring underage girls to be abused by Epstein.....
Scores of women have said Epstein sexually abused them when they were underage girls or young women.
Democrats on the House oversight committee said the emails that they obtained raise “serious questions” about Trump’s involvement with Epstein.
The three emails related to Trump are among thousands written by Epstein and obtained by the Democrats.
“The more Donald Trump tries to cover up the Epstein files, the more we uncover. These latest emails and correspondence raise glaring questions about what else the White House is hiding and the nature of the relationship between Epstein and the President,” said Rep. Robert Garcia, a California Democrat who is the ranking member of the House oversight committee.
“The Department of Justice must fully release the Epstein files to the public immediately,” Garcia said. “The Oversight Committee will continue pushing for answers and will not stop until we get justice for the victims.”
Trump and the DOJ have been criticized for months for reneging on promises by Trump administration officials to release criminal investigative files about Epstein. Trump said in July that he threw Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and cut ties with him years ago because “he stole people who worked for me.”.... https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/12/trump-jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-emails-house-democrats.html
Thousands of new Epstein documents released, with some emails mentioning Trump Thomas Mackintosh
We've spent the last few hours combing through a batch of more than 20,000 pages of documents, images and emails released by the House Oversight Committee relating to the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Three emails - initially published by Democrats on the committee - featured exchanges between Epstein and his long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and separately with the author Michael Wolff.
One of the emails - from Epstein to Maxwell in April 2011 - reads: "I want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump.. [Victim] spent hours at my house with him".
Although the contents contain Trump's name, none of the emails are to or from Trump directly - and he has always denied wrongdoing.
The White House came out in defence of the US president, and accused Democrats of "selectively leaking emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump" .... https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2dr3z9egljt
Friday, October 31, 2025
SMART Newsletter #185 - November 2025 - Information on Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre
Issue 185 – November 2025
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Information in this issue includes:
– SMART is celebrating our 30th anniversary.
– The Survivorship Trafficking and Extreme Abuse Online Conference May 2026
– Trauma, Dissociation, and Surviving a Psychopathic Father
– Prince Andrew to give up Duke of York title and honors amid Jeffrey Epstein developments
– Email calling Epstein a ‘supreme friend’ adds new fuel to royal scandal
– Virginia Giuffre Family’s Emotional Statement After Prince Andrew Stripped of Title: ‘Today, She Declares Victory’
– Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by
Virginia Roberts Giuffre (Author) discusses Jeffrey Epstein and
Ghislaine Maxwell
– Virginia Giuffre did not name former prime minister she claimed raped her, for fear of murder
– What is ‘ritual abuse’? Sky News given exclusive access to call centre helping victims
– AI fuelling a new one age of child abuse – 600,000 victims in Britain alone
– Archdiocese agrees to $230M settlement in clergy sex abuse case, attorneys say – New Orleans Archdiocese
– “Unlocking Buried Secrets” story of surviving a multigenerational Satanic Cult/Mind Control/Masons.
– Bishop Kortu Brown Calls for Africa-wide Campaign to End Ritualistic
Killings at Pepperdine University Human Trafficking Colloquium in
Nigeria
– Sanwo-Olu Leads African Leaders to Unite Against Human Trafficking, Ritual Abuse, Sacrifice
– Sex Abuse, Satanic Rites Described in Charges against Gilroy Foster Mom
SMART is celebrating our 30th anniversary this year. This is our 185rd newsletter. Our first issue (online https://ritualabuse.us/2008/10/issue-1-march-1995/ discussed the book Ritual Abuse What it is, Why it Happens and How to Help by Margaret Smith. It covered a thesis on Masonic Ritual Abuse called “Ritual Abuse, its Effects and the Process of Recovery Using Self Help Methods and Resources, and Focusing on the Spiritual Aspect of Damage and Recover.” Over the years, SMART expanded its scope to cover institutionalized abuse, clergy abuse, government mind control and sex trafficking issues. SMART has had yearly conferences since 1997. SMART has become one of the largest ritual abuse resource information providers on the Internet
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Trauma, Dissociation, and Surviving a Psychopathic Father
Personal Perspective: A journey that includes dissociative identity disorder.
June 3, 2025 – Adrian Fletcher Psy.D., M.A., Reviewed by Kaja Perina
My father was a psychopath. He trafficked me. He subjected me to
ritual abuse and mind control from a young age. It’s difficult to write
those words—even now—as a licensed psychologist, a speaker, a writer,
and someone who is nationally recognized for my work in the field of
dissociative disorders. But I share them because they are the truth. And
because for decades, I was forced to live in silence.
In 2018, when my mother died, the dam finally broke. That loss triggered
the surfacing of memories that had long been held by other parts of
me—parts I didn’t yet fully know or understand. It was then I came to
realize I had Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Not because I had
been misdiagnosed (though I had), not because of a label, but because my
system had kept me alive through something the mind should not have to
bear.
DID is a creative, protective response to chronic, severe trauma, often
beginning in early childhood. It’s not a character flaw. It’s not rare.
It is rarely recognized—especially by clinicians who are under-trained
and misinformed. And it is not the sensationalized, dangerous caricature
that Hollywood continues to promote.
Each part of me—of my system—holds pieces of our story. Our
strength. Our survival. DID is not chaos; it is order in the face of
terror. It is the nervous system doing its job to keep a child alive
when no one else would.
The path from there to here has been long. Treatment has been complex,
nonlinear, and life-saving. And even now, as a psychologist and trauma
specialist, speaking about my story in public spaces comes with
emotional cost. There is risk in telling the truth when the world still
struggles to believe survivors.
But I also know the cost of silence. So I speak—not only for myself, but
for the many others who cannot, who are still in hiding, who are still
being harmed by disbelief, by stigma, by systems not built to support
them.
I have gone from silenced to stage. From a hidden, shattered inner world
to a nationally recognized voice in trauma and dissociation. I’ve
presented at conferences, trained clinicians across the country, and
written for organizations I once only dreamed of. And yet, I am still
often met with skepticism, stigma, and discomfort—especially when I name
the realities of trafficking, ritual abuse, or DID.
We need to do better. Mental health professionals must be educated about
complex trauma and dissociation—not just in theory, but in practice.
Survivors need clinicians who can recognize the signs, who won’t
pathologize their adaptations, and who will believe them.
DID is not an attention-seeking disorder. It is not created by suggestion. It is a human response to inhuman circumstances….
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/keeping-it-real-and-resilient/202506/trauma-dissociation-and-surviving-a-psychopathic-father
Prince Andrew to give up Duke of York title and honors amid Jeffrey Epstein
developments King Charles III’s brother said that “the continued
accusations about me” were distracting from the work of the royal
family. Oct. 17, 2025 By Nick Duffy
Britain’s Prince Andrew will stop using his Duke of York title after
facing fresh questions over his friendship with convicted sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew, King Charles III’s younger brother, said in a
statement issued via Buckingham Palace that he would “no longer use my
title or the honours which have been conferred upon me.” The decision
was taken “in discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider
family,” he said, after concluding that “the continued accusations about
me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family.
“As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against
me,” Andrew said. His former wife, Sarah Ferguson, will no longer be
known as the Duchess of York. Andrew stepped back from public duties in
2019 and returned his military affiliations and later royal patronages
in January 2022, after his lawyers failed to persuade a U.S. judge to
dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of sexual abuse.
He later paid a substantial sum to Epstein abuse survivor Virginia
Giuffre, who alleged that Andrew sexually abused her when she was 17.
Andrew has repeatedly denied the allegation….
Last month, a 2011 email surfaced from Ferguson to Epstein describing
the disgraced financier as a “supreme friend,” just weeks after she had
publicly distanced herself from him….
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdom/prince-andrew-give-duke-york-title-honors-jeffrey-epstein-developments-rcna238242
Email calling Epstein a ‘supreme friend’ adds new fuel to royal scandal
A spokesperson for Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, said the email
was sent to counter a threat Epstein had made to sue her for defamation.
Sept. 21, 2025 By Freddie Clayton
LONDON ….Just days after Trump, the royals and British Prime Minister
Keir Starmer largely skirted questions about Jeffrey Epstein that had
threatened to complicate the sunny spectacle of his trip, the British
press offered new revelations.
A newly surfaced email revealed that Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of
York, described Epstein, the disgraced financier, as a “supreme friend”
despite his conviction for sex offenses.
The email was published in two newspapers Sunday. It was sent by the
duchess — the former wife of Prince Andrew, the Duke of York — in 2011,
just weeks after she had publicly distanced herself from Epstein.
A spokesperson for the duchess said the email was sent to counter a
threat Epstein had made to sue her for defamation. But the duchess was
dropped as a patron of several U.K. charities after the email was
published. Both cited her correspondence with Epstein as the reason.
And the story will add new fuel to damaging media coverage about royal
links to Epstein, which have centered on Andrew’s own close relationship
and a lawsuit accusing him of sexual abuse — he denied the allegations
by Virginia Giuffre and settled out of court. Giuffre died by suicide
this year.
In a 2011 interview, the duchess said her involvement with Epstein — who
was jailed in 2008 for soliciting prostitution from a minor — had been a
“gigantic error of judgment,” promising she would never have anything
to do with him again. “I abhor pedophilia and any sexual abuse of
children,” she said at the time, adding that what Epstein did was “wrong
and for which he was rightly jailed.”
But “The Sun” and “The Mail on Sunday” reported that shortly after the
interview, Ferguson emailed Epstein to reassure him she had not used the
word “pedophilia” in reference to him.
“As you know, I did not, absolutely not, say the ‘P word’ about you
but understand it was reported that I did,” she wrote. “I know you
feel hellaciously let down by me. You have always been a steadfast,
generous and supreme friend to me and my family.” The duchess was “taken
in” by Epstein’s lies, her spokesperson said Sunday.
“As soon as she was aware of the extent of the allegations against him,
she not only cut off contact but condemned him publicly, to the extent
that he then threatened to sue her for defamation for associating him
with pedophilia.”…
Andrew returned his military affiliations and royal patronages in
January 2022 after his lawyers failed to persuade a U.S. judge to
dismiss Giuffre’s lawsuit.
Andrew later paid a substantial sum to Giuffre, who alleged he abused
her when she was 17. Andrew has repeatedly denied the allegation….
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdom/email-calling-epstein-supreme-friend-adds-new-fuel-royal-scandal-rcna232705
Virginia Giuffre Family’s Emotional Statement After Prince Andrew Stripped of Title: ‘Today, She Declares Victory’
Giuffre, 41, who died by suicide in April, “never stopped fighting for
accountability for what had happened to her and to countless other
survivors like her,” her family says By KC Baker and Liz McNeil October
30, 2025
The family of the late Virginia Giuffre is speaking out about Prince
Andrew losing all of his royal titles in an unprecedented move by King
Charles
In their emotional statement, they praise Giuffre for how she “brought
down” the former prince, who will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten
Windsor
The decision comes amid renewed scrutiny of Andrew’s ties to late
convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and ongoing controversy
surrounding past allegations…
Andrew has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
In 2022, he reached an out-of-court settlement with Giuffre, which
included a statement in which he expressed regret for his association
with Epstein, but contained no admission of liability or apology, per
the BBC.
In her memoir, Giuffre detailed how she met Andrew on March 10,
2001, in Maxwell’s London home and recalled posing for a now-infamous
picture with him taken on her Kodak FunSaver. After going out to dinner
and dancing at a club, Maxwell allegedly told her, “When we get home,
you are to do for him what you do for Jeffrey,” she wrote.
“Back at the house, Maxwell and Epstein said goodnight and headed
upstairs, signaling it was time that I take care of the prince. In the
years since, I’ve thought a lot about how he behaved. He was friendly
enough, but still entitled – as if he believed having sex with me was
his birthright.” The third time she claimed she was made to have sex
with Andrew was with Epstein and eight other young girls on the 72-acre
island Epstein owned in the U.S. Virgin Islands, she wrote….
Giuffre’s family says that they, along with Virginia’s “survivor
sisters,” will continue her battle and “will not rest until the same
accountability applies to all of the abusers and abettors connected to
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.”
https://people.com/virginia-giuffre-family-statement-prince-andrew-stripped-of-title-victory-11840799
Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice – October 21, 2025 by Virginia Roberts Giuffre (Author)
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The unforgettable memoir by the late
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein
and Ghislaine Maxwell
“Make no mistake: this is a book about power, corruption,
industrial-scale sex abuse and the way in which institutions sided with
the perpetrator over his victims. . . . But it is also a book about how a
young woman becomes a hero. . . . Important [and] courageous.” —The
Guardian
The world knows Virginia Roberts Giuffre as Jeffrey Epstein and
Ghislaine Maxwell’s most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to
speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison, whose photograph
with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. But her story has
never been told in full, in her own words—until now….
Here, Giuffre offers an unsparing and definitive account of her time
with Epstein and Maxwell, who trafficked her and others to numerous
prominent men. She also details the molestation she suffered as a child,
as well as her daring escape from Epstein and Maxwell’s grasp at
nineteen. Giuffre remade her life from scratch and summoned the courage
to not only hold her abusers to account but also advocate for other
victims. The pages of Nobody’s Girl preserve her voice—and her
legacy—forever.
Nobody’s Girl is an astonishing affirmation of Giuffre’s unshakable
will—first, to claw her way out of victimhood, and then to shine light
on wrongdoing and fight for a safer, fairer world. Equal parts intimate
and fierce, it is a remarkable narrative of fortitude in the face of
depravity and despair.
https://www.amazon.com/Nobodys-Girl-Surviving-Fighting-Justice/dp/0593493125
Virginia Giuffre did not name former prime minister she claimed raped her, for fear of murder
Bill Bowkett 10/30/2025 Virginia Giuffre omitted the name of a former
prime minister who allegedly raped her from memoir because she feared he
would kill her, according to her ghost-writer. Amy Wallace, who spent
four years working on the autobiography, said Prince Andrew’s accuser
was constantly worried about her “physical safety and threats”.
In April, Ms Giuffre — who won an undisclosed payout from the disgraced
royal after claiming she was forced to have sex with him aged 17 — died
by suicide at her farm in Australia, aged 41.
In the book, Ms Giuffre described being under the control of the late
convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his associates, including
allegations against Andrew which he vigorously denies.
“In my years with them, they lent me out to scores of wealthy, powerful
people. I was habitually used and humiliated – and in some instances,
choked, beaten, and bloodied,” Ms Giuffre wrote. “I believed that I
might die a sex slave.”
In the US edition, Ms Giuffre claims she was sexually assaulted by a man
whom she had “taken pains to describe in my legal filings only as a
‘well-known Prime Minister.’” Passages in the British version are nearly
identical but refer to the unnamed individual as a “former minister”.
Ms Wallace, an American journalist, declined to identify the ex-PM, but
described him as not just a rapist, but a “sadist”.
https://m.independent.ie/world-news/britain/virginia-giuffre-did-not-name-former-prime-minister-she-claimed-raped-her-for-fear-of-murder/a63446952.html
What is ‘ritual abuse’? Sky News given exclusive access to call centre helping victims
Sky’s Alice Porter has spoken to experts at the National Association
for People Abused in Childhood. Supervisor Sam Booth recalls the types
of abuse she has come across, including ‘Satanic ritual abuse’. Tuesday
23 September 2025
https://news.sky.com/video/what-is-ritual-abuse-massive-rise-in-child-on-child-sexual-abuse-recorded-by-experts-13436383
AI fuelling a new one age of child abuse – 600,000 victims in Britain alone
British children are enduring a ‘shocking pandemic’ of child sexual
abuse with nearly 1 in 20 raped or sexually assaulted and 1 in 10
exposed to sexually unwanted online content By Lucy Johnston, Health and
Social Affairs Editor of the Sunday Express Sun, Oct 12, 2025
British children are enduring a ‘shocking pandemic’ of child sexual
abuse with nearly 1 in 20 raped or sexually assaulted and 1 in 10
exposed to sexually unwanted online content a new study has revealed.
The research indicates 608,763 youngsters been raped or sexually
assaulted before the age of 18 and over a million have been groomed,
coerced, exploited or exposed to unwanted sexual content online –
including AI-generated sex abuse images of children.
The study, carried out by University of Edinburgh based Childlight
Global Child Safety Institute, suggests an epidemic of abuse taking
place both behind closed doors and on screens, where children are being
sexually exploited – often by people they know.
The UK figures have been drawn from Childlight’s major new study ‘Into
the Light’ – published this week. It comes as research reveals there has
been a 1,325 percent surge in AI-generated child sexual abuse material
since 2023. Images now include “deepfakes” of children’s faces placed
onto naked bodies or blended synthetic-real abuse videos.
The institute warns that many abusers are family members or trusted
adults, who coerce children into creating sexual content or sharing
explicit photos as part of grooming rituals. These images are then
traded through encrypted networks, private messaging apps and even
mainstream social media.
Professor Elena Martellozzo, Director of Childlight’s European Hub,
said: “We are experiencing a shocking pandemic of sexual assault, rape
and sexual abuse among children. Estimates show around half of the
perpetrators are known to the children – either family members or
friends. Some of these figures highlight increased reporting of the
problem, but we know that online abuse has risen sharply. Many
perpetrators groom their own children or those known to them or their
families to provide images in order to access networks of other online
offenders.”….
The figures are based on a synthesis of 14 UK studies and show, that
4.4 percent of British children – roughly 608,763 out of the 13.8
million aged 0–17 – have been raped or sexually assaulted before
adulthood….
A separate UK-based analysis found that 11 percent of children aged 5–17
– about 1,126,027 young people – had been exposed to unwanted sexual
content online in the past year. And 2,006,375 children – or 20 percent –
are estimated to face online grooming when they are often pressured
into sharing sexual images.
Globally, relatives are thought to be responsible for over half of child
sexual abuse material, with fathers producing an estimated 900,000
images in 2024 alone…. Across Western Europe, Childlight estimates
around 7 percent of children – roughly five million – are raped or
sexually assaulted before 18, with rates more than twice as high for
girls (9.7 %) as boys (3.9 %).
About one in five children (19.6 %) report experiencing online
solicitation or grooming, equivalent to nearly 15 million victims. One
in seven say it happened in just the last year. The study analysed 48
surveys from 19 European countries and found wide variations – but a
consistent upward trend as mobile phones and social media become the
“new front line” of abuse. Childlight’s Into the Light report –
analysing 94 population-based studies on rape and sexual assault and 77
on online exploitation – is the largest known dataset of its kind….
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2120428/AI-fuelling-a-new-one-age-of-child-abuse-600-000-victims-in-Britain-alone
Archdiocese agrees to $230M settlement in clergy sex abuse case, attorneys say
The New Orleans Archdiocese has agreed to a $230 million settlement for
survivors of clergy sexual abuse By JACK BROOK /REPORT FOR AMERICA
Associated Press September 8, 2025
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Archdiocese on Monday agreed to a $230
million proposed settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse,
attorneys for some of the survivors said Monday. The agreement paves the
way for a final resolution to yearslong negotiations amid a series of
similar settlements from the Catholic Church….
Survivors have until late October to vote on whether or not to approve
the settlement. If approved by two-thirds of survivors, payments could
begin disbursement by next year. “At this point, I’m not aware of a
single attorney for an abuse survivor that opposes the plan,” said Brad
Knapp, an attorney for a committee representing abuse survivors. “With
all the abuse survivors’ attorneys supporting it, I think there’s much
less chance that it gets voted down.”
The archdiocese’s bankruptcy is one of the longest running and most
contentious of more than a dozen ongoing Catholic Church bankruptcy
cases in the U.S. related to sex abuse, according to Terence McKiernan,
president of the nonprofit BishopAccountability.org. ….
“I remain very hopeful and committed to bringing this bankruptcy to a
conclusion that benefits the survivors of abuse,” said New Orleans
Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond in a Monday statement. “Please know that I
pray for the survivors of abuse every day and look forward to the
opportunity to meet with them to hear their stories…”
Aymond has resisted the chorus of survivors calling for his resignation
over the church’s failure to take action on allegations against priests
for decades. The accusations of archdiocese clergy abuse triggered a
sweeping FBI probe and a cascading crisis for the Catholic Church, which
drew on help from New Orleans Saints executives to help behind the
scenes with damage control, an AP investigation revealed.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/new-orleans-archdiocese-agrees-230-million-settlement-clergy-125381349
“Unlocking Buried Secrets” is a story of surviving a multigenerational Satanic Cult/Mind Control/Masons. The book is an autobiography in chronological order of the abuse. “I left home at 16 yrs of age and began my healing process. My book is very graphic in nature describing the abuse that I endured. I have included a lot of nightmares, flashbacks and memories as well as some poetry that I wrote during the crisis period when I was flooded with memories and flashbacks. This book covers the abuse, traumatic memories, dissociation, mind control, brainwashing and programming. My book covers the ages of 6-33 yrs of age. I have used a pseudonym to ensure my privacy. My hope is that my story will inspire as well assist the survivor in his or her healing journey.” https://www.victoriousheartinc.ca/
Bishop Kortu Brown Calls for Africa-wide Campaign to End Ritualistic Killings at Pepperdine University Human Trafficking Colloquium in Nigeria October 27, 2025
Brewerville – Faith leaders have been challenged to become agents of
change by organizing themselves into a Campaign across the Continent of
Africa to ward-off the practice of ritualistic killing and human
sacrifice.
The call was made by Bishop Kortu K. Brown, the president of Liberia
Council of Churches in Lagos, Nigeria on Friday, October 24, 2025 during
a 2-day Colloquium organized by the Sudreau Global Justice Institute at
Pepperdine University based in California, USA and Nigeria’s Lagos
State Ministry of Justice in the inaugural 2025 Africa Colloquium
Against Human Trafficking: A United Front Against Ritual Abuse and
Sacrifice.
Bishop Brown who spoke at the fourth session of the colloquium which was
intended to explore the role of faith leaders and civil society in
combating ritual abuse and sacrifice. The session examined the spiritual
dimensions of the practice, including the influence of mysticism and
the involvement of traditional healers, witch doctors and diviners in
the act of ritual abuse and sacrifice….
“One of the elements of culture that trigger ritual abuse and sacrifice
is the belief that the acts bring benefits”, he said, arguing that “many
people believe that ritual abuse and sacrifice can bring them good
fortunes, children, appease deities for opportunities, good harvest,
victory during electoral processes, etc”
“In Liberia”, he argued, “every time there is an election, stories of
ritualistic killings and missing people abound everywhere”. He
referenced the campaign he led about four years ago in the country when
reports of missing persons were being reported everywhere….
The organizers, in a statement to participants, hope that the event
will mark a critical moment for the future of human trafficking on the
African continent. The Executive Director of Sudreau Global Justice
Institute, Prof. Cameron McCollum and Attorney General &
Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State of Nigeria, Honorable Lawal
Pedro San, FCIArb further hoped that the colloquium provided a space for
leaders, advocates, practitioners and policymakers to develop
strategies to eliminate ritual abuse and sacrifice in Africa and beyond.
The conference was attended by about 200 persons from more than 15
countries in Africa and the United States. The results of the colloquium
will be analyzed and reviewed by participants to final a roadmap to
deterring ritual abuse and sacrifice across the continent.
https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/bishop-kortu-brown-calls-for-africa-wide-campaign-to-end-ritualistic-killings-at-pepperdine-university-human-trafficking-colloquium-in-nigeria/
Sanwo-Olu Leads African Leaders to Unite Against Human Trafficking, Ritual Abuse, Sacrifice 23 October. 2025
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has called
on African leaders to form a united front against human trafficking,
ritual abuse, and human sacrifice, as he declared open the Inaugural
2025 Africa Colloquium Against Human Trafficking, currently holding at
the Radisson Blu Hotel between Thursday, 23rd to Friday, 24th October,
2025.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Governor, represented by the
Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Abimbola Salu-Hundeyin,
described the colloquium as a defining moment for Africa’s collective
conscience, urging governments and communities to work together to
dismantle the networks enabling human trafficking and ritual
exploitation.
“This evil knows no boundaries. We must confront and defeat the
dangerous myths that fuel ritual abuse – myths that wrongly link power
or success to the taking of human life. Our people are not for sale, our
children are not sacrifices, and our future will never be built on fear
or blood,” he said….
Representing the Hon. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of
Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, represented by Ezine Nwokoro,
commended the organisers for addressing ritual trafficking, describing
it as a “deeply disturbing layer” to human exploitation. He reaffirmed
the Federal Government’s commitment to legislative reforms, stronger
partnerships with NAPTIP, and enhanced international cooperation to
prevent and prosecute trafficking in persons.
Delivering a keynote speech earlier, Lagos Attorney-General and
Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro, SAN, described the colloquium
as a “continental call to conscience,” noting that ritual killings and
trafficking have become organised, commercialised, and transnational
crimes.
“Africa must rise; not in rhetoric but in responsibility, from
prevention to prosecution, we must transform policies into laws and laws
into action for the protection and rehabilitation of victims”, he said.
He further revealed that between 2022 and 2024, over 4,700 victims of
trafficking were rescued and supported in Lagos, while the State enacted
the Organ Harvesting Prohibition Law (2024) to tackle the illegal trade
in human organs for ritual and exploitative purposes….
Binta urged participants to break the culture of silence, strengthen
victim support systems, and promote regional and global collaboration,
adding that “the lives of our children, women, and men are too precious
to be sacrificed at the altar of greed, culture, or superstition”.
Lagos Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Mr. Hameed Oyenuga,
called for a better framework that will protect the most vulnerable
children, women and young people from exploitation.
The colloquium, themed: “A United Front Against Ritual Abuse and
Sacrifice,” was convened by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice in
collaboration with the Sudreau Global Justice Institute of Pepperdine
University (USA) and supported by the National Agency for the
Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
The two-day colloquium will feature breakout sessions and discussions on
the Foundation and identification of ritual abuse and Sacrifice,
Victims and Survivors, Investigation and Prosecution, the role of faith
leaders and Community and probable solutions in curbing the menace of
Rituals abuse and human trafficking in Africa.
https://lagosstate.gov.ng/news/all/view/68fc7d1188319a643b69dfb5
Sex Abuse, Satanic Rites Described in Charges against Gilroy Foster Mom By Vicente Vera September 24, 2025 describes abuse allegations
A Gilroy day care operator stalked and sexually molested her foster
child and engaged in Satanic rituals, according to allegations in court
documents. Santa Clara County officials filed a July 31 criminal
complaint that details the charges against Christina Jean Johnson, 60,
who faces five 15 years-to-life sentences for oral copulation or sexual
penetration of a child 10 years of age or younger…..
Court documents refer to the victim as “Jack Doe,” who told
investigators Johnson punched his “weanie” and subjected him to digital
penetration at least 20 times between Jan. 1, 2023 and Oct. 4, 2024. Doe
told police his foster mother was “evil” and forced him to watch
“creepy, weird sex” on TikTok during the sexual abuse. He also said his
foster mother took him to a basement with candles, prayed to the devil
and blew smoke on him—leading the 7-year-old to believe he was
“possessed.”
After a court transferred custody of the child to his biological
grandmother, who lives 300 miles away, Johnson rented a nearby apartment
in a suburb of Redding, California to stalk him, prosecutors allege.
While in Shasta County, Johnson left her Hastings Place day care
business in the hands of unlicensed workers….
State officials closed the day care facility on June 29, 2024, after
discovering an open pool gate and inexperienced workers, including a
minor, supervising children. It was more than a year after the first
complaints came in about Johnson, and months after her stalking arrest.
The case caught the attention of Santa Clara County District Attorney
Jeff Rosen’s office after Doe revealed new and more detailed
accusations. Based on body-worn camera-recorded videos and interviews
taken during his investigation, Gilroy police detective Michael Cupak
detailed the trauma and behavioral changes in the child as a result of
Johnson’s abuse….
The first complaint arrived at the Department of Social Services on
April 28, 2023, more than two years ago. It alleged that Johnson made
inappropriate comments to a child, and that a child was left
unsupervised without an adult present. The licensing agency investigated
but could not substantiate the complaint.
The following year, the home was subject of multiple complaints that
included allegations of an unsafe environment and that the operator’s
conduct posed a risk to children’s safety. No action was taken in
response to the complaints.
However, during a routine annual inspection on May 10, 2024, the
facility was cited for two technical violations: failing to document
infant sleep check every 15 minutes and not completing mandated reporter
training, which requires day care workers to report abuse to
authorities.
In June 2024, a Notice of Closure for the Temporary Suspension Order was
issued—five months after Johnson was jailed for two days on charges
that she stalked the 7-year-old child and violated a no-contact order,
then failed to inform regulatory officials of her arrest.
https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/sex-abuse-satanic-rites-described-in-charges-against-gilroy-foster-mom/
Friday, October 17, 2025
Prince Andrew to give up title - Epstein, DID, Ritual Abuse and Mind Control, AI fueling child abuse - 600,000 victims
- Prince Andrew to give up Duke of York title and honors amid Jeffrey Epstein developments
- Email calling Epstein a 'supreme friend' adds new fuel to royal scandal
- Trauma, Dissociation, and Surviving a Psychopathic Father - DID, Ritual Abuse and Mind Control
- What is 'ritual abuse'? Sky News given exclusive access to call centre helping victims
- AI fuelling a new one age of child abuse – 600,000 victims in Britain alone
Prince Andrew to give up Duke of York title and honors amid Jeffrey Epstein developments
King Charles III's brother said that "the continued accusations about me" were distracting from the work of the royal family. Oct. 17, 2025 By Nick Duffy
Britain's Prince Andrew will stop using his Duke of York title after facing fresh questions over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew, King Charles III's younger brother, said in a statement issued via Buckingham Palace that he would "no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me."
The decision was taken "in discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family," he said, after concluding that "the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family.
"As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me," Andrew said.
His former wife, Sarah Ferguson, will no longer be known as the Duchess of York.
Andrew stepped back from public duties in 2019 and returned his military affiliations and later royal patronages in January 2022, after his lawyers failed to persuade a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of sexual abuse.
He later paid a substantial sum to Epstein abuse survivor Virginia Giuffre, who alleged that Andrew sexually abused her when she was 17. Andrew has repeatedly denied the allegation....
Last month, a 2011 email surfaced from Ferguson to Epstein describing the disgraced financier as a "supreme friend," just weeks after she had publicly distanced herself from him....
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdom/prince-andrew-give-duke-york-title-honors-jeffrey-epstein-developments-rcna238242
King Charles III's brother said that "the continued accusations about me" were distracting from the work of the royal family. Oct. 17, 2025 By Nick Duffy
Britain's Prince Andrew will stop using his Duke of York title after facing fresh questions over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew, King Charles III's younger brother, said in a statement issued via Buckingham Palace that he would "no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me."
The decision was taken "in discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family," he said, after concluding that "the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family.
"As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me," Andrew said.
His former wife, Sarah Ferguson, will no longer be known as the Duchess of York.
Andrew stepped back from public duties in 2019 and returned his military affiliations and later royal patronages in January 2022, after his lawyers failed to persuade a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of sexual abuse.
He later paid a substantial sum to Epstein abuse survivor Virginia Giuffre, who alleged that Andrew sexually abused her when she was 17. Andrew has repeatedly denied the allegation....
Last month, a 2011 email surfaced from Ferguson to Epstein describing the disgraced financier as a "supreme friend," just weeks after she had publicly distanced herself from him....
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdom/prince-andrew-give-duke-york-title-honors-jeffrey-epstein-developments-rcna238242
Email calling Epstein a 'supreme friend' adds new fuel to royal scandal
A spokesperson for Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, said the email was sent to counter a threat Epstein had made to sue her for defamation.
Sept. 21, 2025 By Freddie Clayton
LONDON ....Just days after Trump, the royals and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer largely skirted questions about Jeffrey Epstein that had threatened to complicate the sunny spectacle of his trip, the British press offered new revelations.
A newly surfaced email revealed that Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, described Epstein, the disgraced financier, as a “supreme friend” despite his conviction for sex offenses.
The email was published in two newspapers Sunday. It was sent by the duchess — the former wife of Prince Andrew, the Duke of York — in 2011, just weeks after she had publicly distanced herself from Epstein.
A spokesperson for the duchess said the email was sent to counter a threat Epstein had made to sue her for defamation.
But the duchess was dropped as a patron of several U.K. charities after the email was published. Both cited her correspondence with Epstein as the reason.
And the story will add new fuel to damaging media coverage about royal links to Epstein, which have centered on Andrew's own close relationship and a lawsuit accusing him of sexual abuse — he denied the allegations by Virginia Giuffre and settled out of court. Giuffre died by suicide this year.
In a 2011 interview, the duchess said her involvement with Epstein — who was jailed in 2008 for soliciting prostitution from a minor — had been a “gigantic error of judgment,” promising she would never have anything to do with him again.
“I abhor pedophilia and any sexual abuse of children,” she said at the time, adding that what Epstein did was "wrong and for which he was rightly jailed.”
But “The Sun” and “The Mail on Sunday” reported that shortly after the interview, Ferguson emailed Epstein to reassure him she had not used the word “pedophilia” in reference to him.
“As you know, I did not, absolutely not, say the ‘P word’ about you but understand it was reported that I did,” she wrote. “I know you feel hellaciously let down by me. You have always been a steadfast, generous and supreme friend to me and my family.”
The duchess was “taken in” by Epstein’s lies, her spokesperson said Sunday.
“As soon as she was aware of the extent of the allegations against him, she not only cut off contact but condemned him publicly, to the extent that he then threatened to sue her for defamation for associating him with pedophilia.”...
Andrew returned his military affiliations and royal patronages in January 2022 after his lawyers failed to persuade a U.S. judge to dismiss Giuffre’s lawsuit.
Andrew later paid a substantial sum to Giuffre, who alleged he abused her when she was 17. Andrew has repeatedly denied the allegation....
Trauma, Dissociation, and Surviving a Psychopathic Father
Personal Perspective: A journey that includes dissociative identity disorder.
June 3, 2025 - Adrian Fletcher Psy.D., M.A., Reviewed by Kaja Perina
My father was a psychopath. He trafficked me. He subjected me to ritual abuse and mind control from a young age. It’s difficult to write those words—even now—as a licensed psychologist, a speaker, a writer, and someone who is nationally recognized for my work in the field of dissociative disorders. But I share them because they are the truth. And because for decades, I was forced to live in silence.
In 2018, when my mother died, the dam finally broke. That loss triggered the surfacing of memories that had long been held by other parts of me—parts I didn’t yet fully know or understand. It was then I came to realize I had Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Not because I had been misdiagnosed (though I had), not because of a label, but because my system had kept me alive through something the mind should not have to bear.
DID is a creative, protective response to chronic, severe trauma, often beginning in early childhood. It’s not a character flaw. It’s not rare. It is rarely recognized—especially by clinicians who are under-trained and misinformed. And it is not the sensationalized, dangerous caricature that Hollywood continues to promote.
Each part of me—of my system—holds pieces of our story. Our strength. Our survival. DID is not chaos; it is order in the face of terror. It is the nervous system doing its job to keep a child alive when no one else would.
The path from there to here has been long. Treatment has been complex, nonlinear, and life-saving. And even now, as a psychologist and trauma specialist, speaking about my story in public spaces comes with emotional cost. There is risk in telling the truth when the world still struggles to believe survivors.
But I also know the cost of silence. So I speak—not only for myself, but for the many others who cannot, who are still in hiding, who are still being harmed by disbelief, by stigma, by systems not built to support them.
I have gone from silenced to stage. From a hidden, shattered inner world to a nationally recognized voice in trauma and dissociation. I’ve presented at conferences, trained clinicians across the country, and written for organizations I once only dreamed of. And yet, I am still often met with skepticism, stigma, and discomfort—especially when I name the realities of trafficking, ritual abuse, or DID.
We need to do better. Mental health professionals must be educated about complex trauma and dissociation—not just in theory, but in practice. Survivors need clinicians who can recognize the signs, who won’t pathologize their adaptations, and who will believe them.
DID is not an attention-seeking disorder. It is not created by suggestion. It is a human response to inhuman circumstances....
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/keeping-it-real-and-resilient/202506/trauma-dissociation-and-surviving-a-psychopathic-father
What is 'ritual abuse'? Sky News given exclusive access to call centre helping victims Sky's Alice Porter has spoken to experts at the National Association for People Abused in Childhood. Supervisor Sam Booth recalls the types of abuse she has come across, including 'Satanic ritual abuse'. Tuesday 23 September 2025
https://news.sky.com/video/what-is-ritual-abuse-massive-rise-in-child-on-child-sexual-abuse-recorded-by-experts-13436383
AI fuelling a new one age of child abuse – 600,000 victims in Britain alone
British children are enduring a ‘shocking pandemic' of child sexual abuse with nearly 1 in 20 raped or sexually assaulted and 1 in 10 exposed to sexually unwanted online content By Lucy Johnston, Health and Social Affairs Editor of the Sunday Express Sun, Oct 12, 2025
British children are enduring a ‘shocking pandemic’ of child sexual abuse with nearly 1 in 20 raped or sexually assaulted and 1 in 10 exposed to sexually unwanted online content a new study has revealed.
The research indicates 608,763 youngsters been raped or sexually assaulted before the age of 18 and over a million have been groomed, coerced, exploited or exposed to unwanted sexual content online - including AI-generated sex abuse images of children.
The study, carried out by University of Edinburgh based Childlight Global Child Safety Institute, suggests an epidemic of abuse taking place both behind closed doors and on screens, where children are being sexually exploited - often by people they know.
The UK figures have been drawn from Childlight’s major new study ‘Into the Light’ - published this week. It comes as research reveals there has been a 1,325 percent surge in AI-generated child sexual abuse material since 2023. Images now include “deepfakes” of children’s faces placed onto naked bodies or blended synthetic-real abuse videos.
The institute warns that many abusers are family members or trusted adults, who coerce children into creating sexual content or sharing explicit photos as part of grooming rituals. These images are then traded through encrypted networks, private messaging apps and even mainstream social media.
Professor Elena Martellozzo, Director of Childlight’s European Hub, said: “We are experiencing a shocking pandemic of sexual assault, rape and sexual abuse among children. Estimates show around half of the perpetrators are known to the children - either family members or friends. Some of these figures highlight increased reporting of the problem, but we know that online abuse has risen sharply. Many perpetrators groom their own children or those known to them or their families to provide images in order to access networks of other online offenders.”....
The figures are based on a synthesis of 14 UK studies and show, that 4.4 percent of British children - roughly 608,763 out of the 13.8 million aged 0–17 - have been raped or sexually assaulted before adulthood....
A separate UK-based analysis found that 11 percent of children aged 5–17 - about 1,126,027 young people - had been exposed to unwanted sexual content online in the past year. And 2,006,375 children - or 20 percent - are estimated to face online grooming when they are often pressured into sharing sexual images.
Globally, relatives are thought to be responsible for over half of child sexual abuse material, with fathers producing an estimated 900,000 images in 2024 alone....
Across Western Europe, Childlight estimates around 7 percent of children - roughly five million - are raped or sexually assaulted before 18, with rates more than twice as high for girls (9.7 %) as boys (3.9 %).
About one in five children (19.6 %) report experiencing online solicitation or grooming, equivalent to nearly 15 million victims. One in seven say it happened in just the last year.
The study analysed 48 surveys from 19 European countries and found wide variations - but a consistent upward trend as mobile phones and social media become the “new front line” of abuse.
Childlight’s Into the Light report - analysing 94 population-based studies on rape and sexual assault and 77 on online exploitation - is the largest known dataset of its kind.... https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2120428/AI-fuelling-a-new-one-age-of-child-abuse-600-000-victims-in-Britain-alone
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