Concern Over Satanism

I am astounded and deeply angry at your article. The Ritual Abuse Task Force of the Commission for Women is made up of professionals from the fields of medicine, mental health, education, law enforcement, prosecution and religion, serving together with adult survivors and parents of child victims. We are all volunteers.

The cost of printing the “Ritual Abuse” booklet was covered by contributions requested for copies.

The concept of ritual abuse, that groups of adults would terrorize and torture children in order to control them, is frightening and controversial, raising for all of us problems of denial and fear of the consequences of such information. We do not need more examples of this denial.

MYRA B. RIDDELL, Chair, Task Force on Ritual Abuse, L.A. County Commission for Women