Ralph Underwager, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ralph Underwager

Forensic psychologist

Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1929

Date of Death: 29-Nov-2003

Profession: psychologist, minister

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ralph Charles Underwager (28 July 1929 – 29 November 2003) was an American minister and psychologist who rose to prominence as a defense witness for adults accused of child sexual abuse in the 1980s and 1990s.
Until his death in 2003, he was the director of the Institute for Psychological Therapies, which he founded in 1974.
He was also a founder of Victims of Child Abuse Laws (VOCAL), a lobby group which represented the interests of parents whose children had been removed from their care by social services following abuse allegations.
He was a founding member of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation.
He was also accused of being a supporter of pedophilia because of controversial statements he made, including those in an interview to Paidika: The Journal of Paedophilia.