Accusations of abuse at McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, Calif., became a national spectacle.Credit…Lacy Atkins/Los Angeles Times, via Getty Images

“Early in the 1980s, baseless conspiracy theories about cults committing mass child abuse spread around the country. Talk shows and news programs fanned fears, and the authorities investigated hundreds of allegations. Even as cases slowly collapsed and skepticism prevailed, defendants went to prison, families were traumatized and millions of dollars were spent on prosecutions.”

Read the article by Alan Yuhas in The New York Times.

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Posted by rbchatelle on Saturday, April 17th, 2021 @ 7:42PM
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