{"id":22223,"date":"2026-03-08T12:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/chatgpt-driving-rise-in-reports-of-satanic-organised-ritual-abuse-uk-experts-say\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:37:15","slug":"chatgpt-driving-rise-in-reports-of-satanic-organised-ritual-abuse-uk-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/chatgpt-driving-rise-in-reports-of-satanic-organised-ritual-abuse-uk-experts-say\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT driving rise in reports of \u2018satanic\u2019 organised ritual abuse, UK experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: \u2018Witchcraft, spirit possession and spiritual abuse\u2019 offending typified by sexual abuse, violence and neglect<\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT is driving a rise in reports of organised ritual abuse, UK experts have said, as survivors of \u201csatanic\u201d sexual violence use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2025\/aug\/30\/therapists-warn-ai-chatbots-mental-health-support\">AI tool for therapy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police say organised ritual abuse and \u201cwitchcraft, spirit possession and spiritual abuse\u201d (WSPRA) against children is under-reported in the UK. There is no modern-day charge that covers it specifically, but such offending is typified by sexual abuse, violence and neglect involving ritualistic elements \u2013 sometimes inspired by satanism, fascism or esoteric religious beliefs \u2013 to control victims.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/08\/chatgpt-driving-rise-in-reports-of-satanic-organised-ritual-abuse-uk-experts-say\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c83c2277708ac44880857a63917d60b7936c4b79\/802_0_7920_6336\/master\/7920.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b251e4003e78824b695208b418ed55e8\" title=\"ChatGPT driving rise in reports of \u2018satanic\u2019 organised ritual abuse, UK experts say\" \/>Exclusive: \u2018Witchcraft, spirit possession and spiritual abuse\u2019 offending typified by sexual abuse, violence and neglect<br \/>\nChatGPT is driving a rise in reports of organised ritual abuse, UK experts have said, as survivors of \u201csatanic\u201d sexual violence use the AI tool for therapy.<br \/>\nPolice say organised ritual abuse and \u201cwitchcraft, spirit possession and spiritual abuse\u201d (WSPRA) against children is under-reported in the UK. There is no modern-day charge that covers it specifically, but such offending is typified by sexual abuse, violence and neglect involving ritualistic elements \u2013 sometimes inspired by satanism, fascism or esoteric religious beliefs \u2013 to control victims. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: \u2018Witchcraft, spirit possession and spiritual abuse\u2019 offending typified by sexual abuse, violence and neglect ChatGPT is driving a rise in reports of organised ritual abuse, UK experts have said, as survivors of \u201csatanic\u201d sexual violence use the AI tool for therapy. Police say organised ritual abuse and \u201cwitchcraft, spirit possession and spiritual abuse\u201d (WSPRA) &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/chatgpt-driving-rise-in-reports-of-satanic-organised-ritual-abuse-uk-experts-say\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ChatGPT driving rise in reports of \u2018satanic\u2019 organised ritual abuse, UK experts say<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22223"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}