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The children were also reported to be involved in satanic rituals. [37] In 2002, four people were arrested for "satanism and paedophilia" in Pescara. Police believed that the group may have abused dozens of children in rituals involving bodies stolen from ceremonies. [38]
Many of the witchcraft accusations were driven at least in part by acrimonious relations between the families of the plaintiffs and defendants. Unless otherwise specified, dates provided in this list use Julian-dated month and day but New Style-enumerated year (i.e., years begin on January 1 and end on December 31, in the modern style).
In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials.
This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 764 (organization) 1998 East Java ninja scare; A. Adam (murder victim) Sara Aldrete ... Witchcraft accusations ...
Four Tanzanian children with albinism who lost limbs, fingers, and teeth in superstition-driven attacks received prosthetics this week. Child victims of witchcraft attacks in Tanzania get new ...
Flores now wonders if that could have played a role on how the couple is believed to have treated their 13 kids at the Perris home. “I do know witchcraft is very serious and demonic,” Flores said.
Child victims of witchcraft accusations are more vulnerable than adult victims as they cannot defend themselves as they are confronted with physical and psychological abuse from their family and community. [16] The sheer scale and intenseness of the recent witch-hunts targeting children classifies as unprecedented in written history.
This is a list of people executed for witchcraft, many of whom were executed during organized witch-hunts, particularly during the 15th–18th centuries. Large numbers of people were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe between 1560 and 1630.