WHAT IDEOLOGIES ARE USED TO JUSTIFY RITUAL ABUSE?
Any ideology can be twisted or adapted to abusive ends. In the United States, Canada, and Europe, people have reported being ritually abused under the banner of satanism, Christianity, various pagan and pantheistic belief systems, white supremacy movements, nazism, Santeria, voodoo, etc. At the present time, satanism is either the most common ideology under which rit-ual abuse is practiced, or it is receiving the most attention.
