Tested on Malum v.1.4.4.1, Lodestone v.1.3 and Forge v.40.2.0

Wicked Rite harms not only hostile mobs but everyone, player included.
Greater Wicked Rite kills even player.
Sacred Rite also heal hostiles.

Also there inconsistency with filtering for block altering rites (not to mention that it took me a week to figure it out that I need place item stand ON the side of the totem, not BESIDE it):
Some of them filter blocks when item stand is placed on the totem base block (Greater Sacred Rite), some - only when it placed on the rune pillar (Greater Infernal Rite). Or Warped Earthen Rite that can take blocks as a filter but stops working after that xD