A tale of two communities / Jane McCord -- Background literature / Jill Waterman and Sharon Ben-Meir -- Study methods and procedures / Robert J. Kelly -- Limitations of the study / Robert J. Kelly -- Perspectives on what happened to the children / Jill Waterman -- Disclosure patterns in psychotherapy / Jane McCord and Lauren Shapiro Gonzalez -- Overall level of distress / Robert J. Kelly -- Cognitive and school-related effects / Robert Lusk -- Emotional effects / Robert J. Kelly and Sharon Ben-Meir -- Effects on sexuality / Robert J. Kelly -- Effects on interpersonal relationships / Mary Kay Oliveri -- Comparison of effects of reported ritualistic and nonritualistic sexual abuse / Jill Waterman -- Impact on parents / Jane McCord -- Impact on family relationships / Jill Waterman -- Impact on therapists / Mary Kay Oliveri and Jill Waterman.

Parental reactions and coping patterns / Jane McCord -- Mediators of effects on children : what enhances optimal functioning and promotes healing? / Jill Waterman and Robert J. Kelly -- Clinical implications / Mary Kay Oliveri, Martha Cockriel, and Michele Dugan -- Uses and abuses of research : cross-currents of community exploitation / Roland C. Summit -- The research perspective / David Finkelhor and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett -- Conclusions and recommendations / Jill Waterman ... [et al.].