{"id":81269,"date":"2026-03-11T09:54:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81269"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:55:12","slug":"chatgpt-driving-rise-in-reports-of-satanic-organised-and-ritual-abuse-uk-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/chatgpt-driving-rise-in-reports-of-satanic-organised-and-ritual-abuse-uk-experts-say\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT Driving Rise In Reports Of \u2018Satanic\u2019 Organized And Ritual Abuse, UK Experts Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>The Guardian:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">ChatGPT is driving a rise in reports of organised and ritual abuse, UK experts have said, as survivors of \u201csatanic\u201d sexual violence use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2025\/aug\/30\/therapists-warn-ai-chatbots-mental-health-support\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">AI tool for therapy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Police say organised and ritual abuse, and \u201cwitchcraft, spirit possession and spiritual abuse\u201d (WSPRA) against children, is under-reported in the UK. Gabrielle Shaw, the chief executive of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac), said there had been a \u201csustained rise\u201d in reports to them of ritual abuse over the last 18 months, with an increasing number of people saying they had been led to report it by AI.\u00a0Shaw said: \u201cOver the last six months to a year, we\u2019re getting people contacting the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/napac.org.uk\/calling-our-support-line\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Napac support line<\/a>\u00a0saying: \u2018I was referred to you by ChatGPT\u2019. People are using AI, ChatGPT as a form of therapy and exploration. There are mixed feelings about that, but if it\u2019s a route into support, that has to be a good thing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1773222899\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"ChatGPT Driving Rise In Reports Of \u2018Satanic\u2019 Organized And Ritual Abuse, UK Experts Say\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Guardian: ChatGPT is driving a rise in reports of organised and ritual abuse, UK experts have said, as.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}