European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Child molestation and the occult founder Vlismas Mcgirt Enol Mem tron put Sehnoor during los Angeles court Waring. By Ric of Yva associated press prosecution of child molestation cases is being derailed within the United slates because Young victims arc lacing their Lesli Mony with Macamic tales of Satamo rites aulhoii1ies, although be Ual abuse is medically proven in Many of these cases the charges Ireci Henlly crumble when preschoolers Lell of drugging and assault in Boot la Occil ceremonies says san Francisco police officer Sandi Gallant. 11 any District attorney in Ell you going Loco it with a child under 5 Ocul to impossible Mush Tess one blaming the Devil she said but investigator Are curious about Simila lies they re hearing in such testimony Horn youngsters in unrelated and geographically separate cases the main thing in the stories i be heard is the great consistency in the types of things the kids were reporting All across the country the Erma Bombeck desk Illions were very similar Gallant said in the last three years there have been Aboul 60 to 70 solid cases.,. Ones where investigations were actively pursued. " the federally funded american humane association in Denver says 113.000 child molestations Ware reported nationwide in 193s, the last year of which so Alistick were compiled. That figure is up my 100.000 reported cases in 19b4. I know there have been Soma infamous cases in preschools but we Don t 1ee1 thai in s a widespread problem said aha spokeswoman Katie Bond. They Are seen As isolated incidents which gain notoriety because they re so emotionally in 75 percent of reported cases abuse comes rom within the family Bond said. We have no information on salamis is which in l to say they re nol out Here but 1hc majority of abuse comes Dom parents and is limited to individuals in the alleged cull victims accounts Are sometimes horrific the children revealing intimate knowledge beyond their years convincing some drawing Scon s from others. Aline Kidd a psychology Protessor at Mills College in Oakland Calif., said child custody cases she has worked on introduced her to allegations of cult sex crimes but offered no supporting evidence. One woman said it was not just her husband bul the entire stall in the a s office involved in satanic practices. I Lound More raving delusions than substantial Kidd said. An 11-year-old boy in Pico Rivera Calif., who prompted the arrest of neighbors alter he accused them of molesting him. Startled officials with claims the neighbors forced him to participate in ritual tilling. Charges of kidnapping conspiracy false imprisonment and sexual assault of several neighbourhood children were dropped Belore trial when another child witness recanted testimony and physical evidence was inconclusive. They always said nobody would believe a if to the 11 year old said. Would children fabricate such stories in my practice i often see counterculture fads shown in last week s pop magazines described As this week s chosen Oll beat behaviour Kidd said. Or. Thomas Heiklin professor and clinical psychiatrist at the children s Ward of los Angeles county us medical Center said extreme stories by abuse victims can be elaborate Picas Lor help the admission ticket to getting hot in oui society is to show tremendous problems Hicklin said it s possible to exaggerate under he said reports of cull abuse Aie on the Rise though they arc rare three or four cases a year since the Early 1980s. Kids that Are manipulating their environment often lie purposefully he said. They re learning this Stull somewhere in not on to then in horror movies and in becomes part of their victims Are often too Young to differentiate by tween Lan lasy and Tea Lily. A perception that normally becomes Clear at age 3 to s. Some regress to that development level following abuse a said. Or. Roland Summit psychiatry professor at Urcla added. People in opted to come Forward Faar they will be labelled As crazy or paranoid and to some degree they re right. Usually charges Are dropped at the intrusion of the Gallant cited several molestation eases where charges were dropped or reduced alter satanic allegations surfaced or where Only sex crimes were prosecuted for tear of losing the cases by including testimony about cull ceremonies. She mentioned cases in los Angeles san Francisco Miami Boston Atlanta port Angeles. Wash. Jordan minn., and Elpaso Texas. Many it not most cases go absolutely nowhere despite physical evidence supporting accusations of molestation Gallant said. Few agencies have the manpower time or Money to pursue cases deemed Likely to the medical profession has maintained a scientific distance from ritual abuse allegations and that frustrates pedal Richan Gregory Simpson of Carson Calif. Ritual scarring in patients prompted Simpson to research the Issue in 1985 86 during his residency at Martin Luther King Hospital in los Angeles where he now teaches. In addition to studying police files a cared for Lour children who had ritual scars and exhibited behaviour indicating they d been abused rather than sexually assaulted. One dead girl s Chest was carved with a Pentagram he said. The conclusion i reached is that satanic abuse of Small children does exist and it s something that needs Lobo dealt with by the medical Community he said. A1985 Florida conviction is one of few successful satanic child abuse prosecutions. Frank Fullor received several Lite sentences based largely on the testimony of his 17-year-old wife Iliana children at the Fusler babysitting service could recite a satanic prayer allegedly Learned there and told of daily molestation. In California. The Mcmartin prs school Casu involved accusations of animal mutilations and sacrifices. Raymond Suckey 29. And his Mother Peggy Mcmartin Buckey 60, arc being tried on 100 molestation and conspiracy counts involving 14 children charges against live other defendants were dropped a professed occultist who agreed to be because he said he was a victim of such abuse and opposes it confirmed the existence of satanic practices recounted by children. Those who worship evil Are trying to appease or arise a spirit 01 deity and some believe children Are the key to doing said Damion Jade blood Vii an australian living in new Jersey. I can certainly explain what kids aia saying As being part of some occult religions. Outsiders won t believe this stuff and that s something insiders count on. Our whole lives Are cover Tor Over to years. I have had Trio Besl Friend you could Ever have when i told my Besl in and i was Tat. She never said us fool three pounds Wil Niit even when we Ivel to a sock hop log thei in College and she was Ollied a fide Homo she never ditched me. When i gave Mysel a Home permanent and left to on too Long she was the Only one to sit Wilh me in the bathroom until in grew out when i told my Best i fiend my husband gave me two Sno tires for Gur anniversary. She never said. You should be Happy tie when i was pregnant and my stomach looked like a tray on b car door m a Dave in. She never said. There s a glow Aboul Prtt gnarl when 1 had a miscarriage and everyone Etso in the world said there will be other babies she cried with me Over the one Host when she told me she was staying Home Lor summer i would t have dreamed of sending her a card from Spain idling her what Groat Lime i was having when her mixer broke Down. I never asked her it she had Scal in the warranty card so she d a covered. When i moved 3,000 Miles away she never once told me what i was doing to her. When her Mother died. I never said she had a Rich Lull Hie and she was in her 70s." when i argued Wilh my husband and begged her for advice she kept her Mouth shul. She just Isle Ned. When we could t get a Sitter and had to bring the kids along to her House Tor dinner1, she never Felt apart. When i had my first autographing party and no one showed lip she never once suggested. They probably did l see Ine when her Pohlidal candidate Tost and mine won i never said Haho. I Tow you every Lime we got together neither of us had to say i m glad to see when she was up to her armpits in Snow i never called her to say the Sun is shining recently my Best Friend Tost her child. He was her youngest and was in his 20s. I listened to her. I cried with her hell pain that i had never known i could eel before. Butanol once cd Saylo her i know How you Page 16 the stars and stripes monday january 25,1988
