# The International Council
on
Cultism and Ritual Trauma

## Mission Statement

## Conference

## Contents

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Email Contact and Web Site
Introduction
Board of Directors
Mission Statement
Conference - former agenda - postponed to 1999
  Description
  Objectives

E-mail: Pamela Perskin - RABuster@aol.com
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### Introduction

The ICCRT was founded in 1993 in response to concerns that there was a serious social problem creating personal misery for it's principal victims and a host of problems from child welfare to crime for society in general. Thus, our organization was founded, first as The Society for the Investigation, Treatment and Prevention of Ritual and Cult Abuse, then renamed the International Council on Cultism and Ritual Trauma in 1995.

Below is our mission statement.

### Board of Directors

> James Randall (Randy) Noblitt, Ph.D., a clinical and forensic psychologist practicing in Dallas, Texas and author of Cult and Ritual Abuse: Its History, Anthropology, and Recent Discovery in Contemporary America (1995) , Praeger Publishers, CT.
> [See his speech in the CKLN-FM Series and comments on the Video to President Clinton and Prime Minister Chretien]
> Pamela J. Monday, Ph.D., a licensed professional counselor in Austin, Texas
> [See her comments on the Video to President Clinton and Prime Minister Chretien]
> Ann Earle, CCSW-BCD, a clinical social worker in Chapel Hill, NC
> Carl Raschke, Ph.D., professor of religious studies at University of Denver and author of Painted Black
> Helen McGonigle, esq., an attorney in Brookfield, CT
> [See her comments on the Video to President Clinton and Prime Minister Chretien]
> Michael Newton, researcher and author of Hunting Humans, Raising Hell, and many more books dealing with ritual crime and criminals.

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### Mission Statement of
The International Council on Cultism and Ritual Trauma

It is the mission of our organization to promote awareness of the psychological and social consequences of ritual abuse among mental health and medical professionals, attorneys, social workers, Child Protective Services caseworkers, law enforcement officers, educators, the media, and the public - anyone who hears allegations of ritual abuse in the course of their professional and/or personal life.

It is our belief that by disseminating information through publications. workshops, presentations, symposia, and through any other methods at our disposal, we can assist in demystifying popular conceptualizations regarding ritual abuse and help to create an environment where this form of abuse can be scientifically studied and its victims and their advocates be respectfully acknowledged.

Among our goals as an organization are the following:

1. To assist in defining and standardizing the vocabulary of ritual abuse.
2. To influence the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Work Committee to include the diagnosis Cult and Ritual Trauma Disorder in future revisions.
3. To influence civil and criminal courts, state and federal governments to acknowledge ritual abuse as a serious legal, social and public health concern.
4. To promote an atmosphere of trust and sharing between professional and advocacy organizations addressing ritual abuse and related phenomena.
5. To foster research in the etiology and sequelae of ritual abuse.
6. To generate funding to support research, treatment, and protection for ritual abuse survivors.
7. To assist in the defense of mental health professionals and others against allegations by false memory syndrome proponents.

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### Agenda for cancelled 1998 Conference
Postponed to 1999

Conference Description

This conference will address

1. the practical and theoretical strategies which may be utilized in the psychotherapeutic treatment of ritual and cult abuse victims;
2. legal concerns relative to victimization, false allegations, and the liability of therapists, victims, and alleged perpetrators; and
3. the role of empirical science in constructing theoretical and practical responses to the outcries of victims and perpetrators.

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Conference Objectives

Conference participants will learn to:

1. Identify victims/survivors of ritual and cult abuse;
2. Identify and pair victims/survivors with appropriate therapeutic, legal and social resources;
3. Provide for the legal protection of victims/survivors and their therapeutic and advocacy team;
4. Engage the social welfare and legislative processes in the investigation, treatment and prevention of ritual and cult abuse allegations.