Recovered memories are memories of traumatic events that have been partially or fully forgotten, and then were later recovering into one’s conscious mind. There is very strong scientific evidence that recovered memories exist. The content of these memories have fairly high corroboration rates. The idea of repressing memories has been explained as a common way the mind deals with pain, by trying to push them out of awareness.
There are many studies that have proven that the recovered memories of traumatic events exist. Brown, Scheflin …

Ritual abuse exists all over the world. There have been reports, journal articles, web pages and criminal convictions of crimes against children and adults.

Yesterday may have been International Blasphemy Day but this story is no joke.  In response to accusations of covering up child abuse and violating many provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Catholic Archbishop Silvano Tomasi sought to counter-attack and deflect criticism.
According the Guardian:
In a defiant and provocative statement, issued following a meeting of the UN human rights council in Geneva, the Holy See said the majority of Catholic clergy who committed such acts were not paedophiles but homosexuals attracted to …