THE "GALLUP FAMILY" RITUAL ABUSE CASE, ROSEBURG OR
The Gallup family consisting of Ed Gallup Sr., Mary Lou Gallup and
son, Ed "Chip" Gallup. Jr., were charged and convicted on multiple counts
of improper sexual activity with children. Over 100 children disclosed
ritual child abuse and sexual molestation. Included were the usual killing
of animals, posing for pornographic pictures, ritual sexual abuse by
robed adults, and forcing the children to go on a boat on the farm pond
and shoot sharks. Those charged are Fundamentalist Christians who operated
three Gallup Christian Day Care Centers in Roseburg OR. Ed Sr. is a
Nazarene minister. All three were given psychological evaluations which
supported their innocence. The local media was against the defendants. A
full-page advertisement was run in the local paper just before the first
trial which said, in effect, that they were guilty. All three were found
guilty in separate trials. A change of venue was obtained for the fourth
trial. this probably contributed to an acquittal. Mary's conviction was
overturned on a technicality. "Chip" is believed to be the only Gallup who
is still in jail.
We have a strong hunch that no abuse occurred at this day care by any of the
Gallups. We are somewhat lacking in details on this case. Please contact
us if you can fill in some details.
Return to the OCRT home page;
"Not so Spiritual" page;
"Believe the Children" essay;
Does Ritual Abuse Exist? essay