Sharma Oliver

About the author: Sharma Oliver is a registered therapist and freelance writer.

There are no cults that practice satanic ritual abuse (SRA). Despite accusations of SRA that number in the tens of thousands, not one case has been substantiated. The phenomenon of "recovered memory"—in which a person experiences horrible abuse over several years, then completely forgets about it but suddenly remembers it with the help of a therapist—is the result of fevered imaginations running amuck. The existence of satanic cults that practice ritual abuse is an urban myth fueled by societal fears of and fascination with sexuality.

There are NO satanic ritual child abuse cults.

A pretty bold statement? How about this one: It is not possible to experience horrible abuse over the course of several years, such...