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Even at the time, the satanic abuse fever that gripped some social services departments in the late 1980s and early 1990s appeared other-worldly. The lurid claims of well-organised human sacrifices and ritualised abuse seemed at best improbable. A succession of inquiries confirmed that the heady atmosphere in which determined social services professionals pursued these allegations resembled 17th-century Salem more than late-20th-century Britain. Not a single conviction for satanic practices followed.<br> | Even at the time, the satanic abuse fever that gripped some social services departments in the late 1980s and early 1990s appeared other-worldly. The lurid claims of well-organised human sacrifices and ritualised abuse seemed at best improbable. A succession of inquiries confirmed that the heady atmosphere in which determined social services professionals pursued these allegations resembled 17th-century Salem more than late-20th-century Britain. Not a single conviction for satanic practices followed.<br> | ||
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<i>source: Article 'Satanic panic'; www.timesonline.co.uk/ article/0,,542-1977 595,00.html; Times Online (The Times); 10 January 2006</i> | <i>source: Article 'Satanic panic'; www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,542-1977 595,00.html; Times Online (The Times); 10 January 2006</i> | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:28, 21 May 2017
Even at the time, the satanic abuse fever that gripped some social services departments in the late 1980s and early 1990s appeared other-worldly. The lurid claims of well-organised human sacrifices and ritualised abuse seemed at best improbable. A succession of inquiries confirmed that the heady atmosphere in which determined social services professionals pursued these allegations resembled 17th-century Salem more than late-20th-century Britain. Not a single conviction for satanic practices followed.
source: Article 'Satanic panic'; www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,542-1977 595,00.html; Times Online (The Times); 10 January 2006