Project Jericho was a large-scale, multi-agency investigation into intergenerational ritualistic and organised abuse in Prescott, Ontario. It began when three siblings in foster care disclosed sustained abuse involving ritualistic acts of coercion and fear.

As the investigation widened, police uncovered a network spanning four families, revealing coordinated abuse that included symbolic rituals, confinement, and threats of supernatural retribution. Medical evidence and physical findings corroborated the children’s accounts, and the inquiry grew into one of the most significant cases of its kind.

What made the investigation successful was its survivor-led, multidisciplinary approach. A joint police and social care team was supported by ring-fenced funding, a dedicated prosecutor, forensic specialists, and therapeutic services for victims. Public communication was carefully managed to avoid sensationalism, with local leaders reinforcing community support for justice.

The case ultimately identified 162 victims and led to over 65 convictions.
Project Jericho demonstrates how complex abuse cases can be successfully prosecuted through cross-sector coordination, long-term commitment and a trauma-informed approach that centres the needs of victims.

The probe focused on a pedophile ring that had existed in the town for decades. Fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, grandfathers, sons and daughters. Generations of moral and physical debauchery, leaving profoundly broken people in its wake.

Horror mounted upon horror: toddlers sodomized, children locked under floorboards, made to watch home movies of family orgies, a newborn baby reportedly murdered. Bondage, beatings and gang rapes. Source