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Three Faces of Satanic Ritual Abuse
gratification, this segment tial for children attending can Board of Psychologi-
of ritual abuse perpetrators day care agencies, he and cal Specialties and Certi-
are engaged in a severe his team became part of fied Forensic Consultant,
psychiatric illness(s) fuel- the enormous controversy C.F.C., designation from
ing their distorted motiva- fostered the supporters the American College of
tions to abuse children. and detractors of whether Forensic Examiners In-
SRA and RA were con- stitute. Dr. Nuccitelli is a
Although not as socio- temporary forms of vic- New York State resident
pathic as the other two timization. residing in the Hudson
groups, these individuals Valley 70 miles North of
are still just as danger- Almost 25 years have Manhattan.
ous, volatile, and highly passed since he and his
unpredictable. Accord- colleagues began investi- Dr. Nuccitelli has many
ing to Dr. Finkelhor, he gating child sexual abuse career and academic ex-
surmised their psychiatric and risk potential at day periences. His areas of
disabilities were either care agencies. Despite expertise include forensic
dictated by an obsessive- the passage of time, his psychology, human sexu-
compulsive condition and/ extrapolation of the three ality, heath/fitness, and
or a thought disordered faces of Satanic Ritual psychiatric/psychological
delusional process. Abuse still to this day re- issues. He also is an avid
mains as relevant as ever. follower of current news
The three faces of Satanic and enjoys interfacing
Ritual Abuse conceptu- Dr. Michael Nuccitelli is with the media regarding
alized by Dr. Finkelhor a New York State licensed national news. Dr. Nuc-
created a brief moment psychologist and certified citelli can be reached at
of clarity for some ex- forensic consultant. He 845-592-0120 via email at
perts working in the field completed his doctoral de- drnucc@darkpsychology.
attempting to grasp the gree in clinical psycholo- co or his forensics blog,
mind and motivations of gy in 1994 from the Adler Dark Psychology, at http://
the adult predator. Al- School in Chicago, Illi- darkpsychology.co/
though his initial query nois. In 2006, he received
was to assess risk poten- a Diplomat by the Ameri-
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