A significant number of therapists and self-defined victims report secret organizations that sexually abuse children for ideological or religious purposes and control them through targeted personality splitting. However, police investigations have so far been unable to uncover any evidence for these allegations. In this article, we discuss why the existence of such conspiratorial secret societies is not compatible with scientific findings, despite the reports of those affected, and to what extent suggested memories of the alleged acts represent a more reliable alternative explanation.

Ever wondered what happens when you try to forget something? Discover whether the effort to suppress memories can actually twist what you remember. This article explores the relationship between motivated forgetting and false memory formation, revealing its crucial impact in the legal arena.