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SHOCKING REPORT: Girls Raped in Ritual Ceremonies Reveal the Horrors – Investigative Report by IsraelHayom:
Victim. Binding. Punishment. Correction. Redemption. Prayers. Chants. Ecstasy.
Extreme pain. Torture. Humiliation.
Destruction of personality and soul.
Testimony after testimony after testimony—women who suffered organized abuse in childhood, including group rape during religious-style ceremonies, often by people they knew—sometimes their closest family members.
Over the past few months, we spoke with these women, some of their relatives, and trauma experts in Israel and abroad. What emerges is disturbing, with descriptions that are difficult to read.
Israeli Police: “The matter is known and under investigation. Naturally, we cannot provide further details.”
In a clear voice and direct words, Emunah (a pseudonym, as are all the victims’ names in this article) recounts the horrific abuse she says she suffered as a child: organized sexual abuse, including horrifying “religious” ceremonies in which devout people—some of them her relatives—offered her as a sacrificial victim for spiritual elevation or redemption.
Emunah is not alone. More than ten women aged 20–45 describe a deeply troubling phenomenon that raises serious concerns that, like in many other countries, organized child sexual abuse is happening in Israel—right under our noses.
“Maybe the world knows about rape, about incest, but this—the world doesn’t know,” Emunah says. “These acts were kept secret for years, maybe because of how insane they are… It was always extremely strange. Like there was an inner logic to it, but it was completely insane… Strange things were happening, normalized through ritual. There was a schedule—when to say which verse, how things were ‘supposed’ to be done…”
Each woman we spoke with has a different story. They come from all over Israel, from north to south. Some are students, others work and raise families, and some are barely surviving.
They didn’t know each other, grew up in different communities and sectors—yet the ritual abuse stories are eerily similar, forcing us to listen and not look away. Some were abused in educational settings, others at home, in religious schools, or synagogues.
This article presents only a small fraction of the hours of interviews and information, and parts of it are difficult to read. All of the women fear that organized child sexual abuse continues to this day.
Ayelet: “It’s always a dark place. There are six to nine men. They tie my hands and feet to a bed, stand in a circle, mutter prayers or blessings, and there’s always a rabbi leading it. There’s a ritual—and each one rapes me.”
“Blessed is He who releases the forbidden.”
Testimony after testimony from women who, as children, suffered organized ritual abuse, including group rape.
We met them over recent months. We also spoke with family members, mental health professionals, and trauma experts in Israel and abroad.
We gathered information about organized ritual child abuse, a recognized phenomenon around the world.
The picture that emerges is troubling and demands a deep and serious investigation by law enforcement.
“This is a religious-national mission—to expose this phenomenon and seek the truth,” says a therapist from the religious community who is familiar with the details.
Dr. Naama Goldberg, CEO of the nonprofit “Not Standing By – Supporting Women in Prostitution”:
“Sometimes the stories are so shocking, you question the speaker’s credibility. But since so many similar reports come from unrelated victims across Israel, it seems they’re grounded in reality.”
Mike