How hysterical parents, incompetent therapists and malicious
prosecutors
destroyed the lives of seven innocent North Carolinians – and
have yet to admit they were wrong
An encore for ritual abuse panic? ‘You can bet on it’
May 18, 2012
“Discredited child-sex rings like McMartin actually may not be a bogeyman of the
past. Some parents, therapists and child-protection professionals continue to
believe ritual sex abuse took place at McMartin preschool.
“ ‘In 10 to 15 years, there will be an attempt to rehabilitate the ritual abuse scare,’ says [James Wood, psychologist at the University of Texas El Paso]. ‘You can bet on it.’ ”
– From “Who Was Abused?” by Maggie Jones
in the New York Times (Sept. 19,
2004)
