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Satanic Ritual Abuse and Kids' Credibility Being Destroyed

from This Ain't Great · #10

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4 min

Tim details how the ring allegedly forced abducted children to commit crimes and endure ritual abuse to destroy their credibility, discusses claims of goat rituals and bloodletting, and connects it to broader tactics used to discredit victims.

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  • 20:15Tim compares investigative journalists like Russ Baker to the moment before a hit in Goodfellas—constantly fearing sudden death from exposure.
  • 20:56Nebraska Republican Franklin Credit Union scandal: a rising star abducting children from the foster care system, targeting kids with no parents or advocates.
  • 21:25Johnny Gosh kidnapping and his mother Norine's battle with authorities, cops, and feds to get a police chief removed for inaction.
  • 21:47Documentary links Gosh's abduction to a larger pedophile network through testimony from Paul Banasi, a sex offender cops refused to interview.
  • 22:08Abducted children are forced to molest other children and commit felonies, which destroys their credibility and traps them in the ring out of fear.
  • 22:25Banasi provides specific details about Johnny Gosh—marks on his body, information he couldn't know unless he was present at the abduction.
  • 22:57A pedophile network operating across foster care systems and religious institutions—the most disgusting example of evil in society—receives minimal police focus.
  • 23:38Prosecutors and cops dismiss witnesses as tainted or imperfect, but the underlying ideas still hold credibility despite the witness's questionable background.
  • 24:10The network systematically destroyed the credibility of abducted children through abuse, making them unable to be believed when they reported what happened.
  • 24:31The sophistication of the abuse suggests an organized network that knew exactly how to hurt victims' credibility and prevent them from ever being believed.
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Johnny GoschPaul BonacciNorine GoshBoys TownFranklin Credit UnionGoodfellasRuss Baker

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