In reply to my writing: > Interestingly, while I believe such scares in the States are fuelled by > evangelistic Christian organizations, this is rarely the case in the more > secular UK
Annette Taylor wrote [snip]: > I'm not so sure of that, at least not directly. In fact, I am not aware of > any largely popularized cases of actual 'satanic' abuse. Mostly it is just > plain old sexual abuse. If you look at the most popularized cases in > the US (McMartin and the other one in CA whose name is the abuser > falls prey to a senior moment), and I have to admit I have not heard of > any big ones recently, then I don't believe religion played a part. > Maybe I don't read the 'right' news sources. Do US tipsters know of > recent, popularized cases of satanic abuse in the US? I didn't intend to imply that I was referring to *recent* cases in the States. (Nor in the UK: the Rochdale case goes back to 1990, and is only coming to prominence again because the children involved are now old enough to take legal action against Rochdale Council.) But from books I've read I believe that some evangelical Christians did have some involvement with claims of satanic ritual abuse in the States. I recall *Satanic Panic" (1993) by Jeffrey Victor and *Satan's Silence* (1995) by Debbie Nathan, also items in Mark Prendergrast's *Victims of Memory* (1995). For a 1998 article on the rise and fall (almost!) of ritual satanic abuse claims in the UK, see: http://www.richardwebster.net/speakofthedevil.html Allen Esterson ------------------------------------------------------- Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:47:28 -0800 Author: "Annette Taylor, Ph. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Satanic abuse scandal > Quoting Allen Esterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Interestingly, while I believe such scares in the States are fuelled by > > evangelistic Christian organizations, this is rarely the case in the more > > secular UK. > > > > Good Morning Allen: > > I'm not so sure of that, at least not directly. In fact, I am not aware of any > largely popularized cases of actual 'satanic' abuse. Mostly it is just plain > old sexual abuse. If you look at the most popularized cases in the US > (McMartin and the other one in CA whose name is the abuser falls prey to a > senior > moment), > and I have to admit I have not heard of any big ones recently, then I don't > believe religion played a part. > > Maybe I don't read the 'right' news sources. Do US tipsters know of recent, > popularized cases of satanic abuse in the US? > > Annette > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Department of Psychology > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
