Circles Of Fear

Wednesday 15 August 2012

An ugly rerun of the Satanic panic

"British officialdom’s war on ‘faith-linked’ child abuse echoes its earlier hysterical belief that men in black cloaks were eating babies.

Do you remember the social worker-led accusations of ‘Satanic ritual abuse’ that ripped families and communities apart in the late 1980s and early 1990s?"

"This state-driven creation of a problem is as dangerous as it is reckless. By identifying certain rare-but-infamous examples of child abuse with a culture or a faith-based community – by making faith or belief responsible for crimes instead of individuals – that culture or community is now being transformed into a legitimate object of suspicion and pre-emptive intervention. (The borderline racist undertones of such an approach ought to be clear.) Far from learning the lessons of the Satanic ritual abuse scandal, officialdom seems intent on repeating its mistakes."

http://www.spiked-online.com/site/article/12770/

Witchcraft child abuse: social services and police 'cowed by political correctness' claims minister

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9475115/Witchcraft-child-abuse-social-services-and-police-cowed-by-political-correctness-claims-minister.html

Education: Action plan to stop child abuse in the name of faith or belief

http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/53355

Action plan to stop child abuse in the name of faith or belief

http://www.education.gov.uk/inthenews/inthenews/a00212822/faithabuse

Train teachers to spot signs of witchcraft

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/education/train-teachers-to-spot-signs-of-witchcraft-8045958.html

Witchcraft-based child abuse: Action plan launched

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19248144

Police 'are too worried about political correctness to prevent abuse linked to witchcraft'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2188444/Police-worried-political-correctness-prevent-abuse-linked-witchcraft.html

Britain's voodoo killers: This week a minister warned of a wave of child abuse and killings linked to witchcraft. Alarmist? This investigation suggests otherwise

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2188983/Britains-voodoo-killers-This-week-minister-warned-wave-child-abuse-killings-linked-witchcraft-Alarmist-This-investigation-suggests-otherwise.html#ixzz23i2G5cXc
 
Witchcraft Accusations: When Beliefs Cross the Line

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/justin-byworth/witchcraft-accusations_b_1789331.html?utm_hp_ref=uk