Iain Bryson unknowingly married into an intergenerational occultic family that practices ritual abuse and trauma-based mind control. When his daughter was three years old, her mother started warning Iain that his daughter would be taken away from him. She told him that her family was a “cult,” but Iain had never heard of these types of families, so he had no framework for understanding the signs that were directly in front of him. Following the international abduction of his daughter, Iain tried to get help, but to no avail. The U.S. Secretary of State informed him that it could take two years to get the case into a court, but Iain was not willing or able to wait two years. When nobody in the entire world would help, he drove from Amsterdam to Poland and assaulted his daughter’s abductor and primary abuser in the street, thinking that this would lead to a child abuse investigation. But it did not, and fourteen years later, he is still fighting for his daughter. He published an evidence-based documentary style memoir in May 2024, and is working to educate the public and advocate for victims and survivors. In this session, Iain will discuss how familial human trafficking happens, along with how an occultic family can get away with it. He will examine the signs of ritual/organized abuse that were in his family and why he missed them. He will also review how international laws work against child protection rather than for it and will present possible solutions.
Trigger Warning: This presentation contains information (written, spoken, or visual) that may be triggering or (re)traumatizing to attendees.
Iain Bryson graduated from UCONN with degrees in sociology, criminal justice, and political science. He has worked in criminal justice, education, social work, and in the mental health/substance abuse field. His daughter was trafficked by his first wife’s family from The Netherlands to Poland. He hasn’t seen her since.