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German police are taking seriously the allegations of a 34-year-old woman who claims that babies are eaten and women raped as part of Satanic initiation rituals. Similar stories were circulated by Christian fundamentalist groups in the UK during the late 1980s and early 90s, and many children were taken into care as a result of allegations which proved to be totally groundless. The Times reports that German media are linking this with the recent case of a self-confessed cannibal, although there are no indications whatsoever that he credited his (apparently consensual!) act with any religious significance. German Satanists 'ate babies' - The Times , 16th January 2003 (via the rather excellent Gullibility isn't in the dictionary).
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1: Posted by: Richard Evans Lee | January 16, 2003 7:30 PM
A number of people were investitaged, sometimes tried and even convicted here in the US during the "Satanic Ritual Abuse" scare back when recovered memories were in vogue.
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2: Posted by: Feòrag | January 16, 2003 7:36 PM
Indeed, but they are victims of gross miscarriages of justice - in the McMartin case, the jury had to have believed that there were sharks in a pool in the nursery cellar to which children were fed! With false memory cases, there have been a few cases which have been overturned on appeal, and others where the accuser has eventually admitted they were misled by their therapists and have sought reconciliation with the relatives they accused. At least one of the accusers is suing her therapist for damages as a result.
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