Satanic ritual abuse hysteria-3

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 A prominent aspect of the Satanic Scare was the claim by those in the developing "anti-Satanism" movement that any child's claim about Satanic ritual abuse must be true, because children would not lie.[69] Although some involved in the anti-Satanism movement were from Jewish and secular backgrounds,[70] a central part was played by fundamentalist and evangelical forms of Christianity, in particular Pentecostalism, with Christian groups holding conferences and producing books and videotapes to promote belief in the conspiracy.[63] Various figures in law enforcement also came to be promoters of the conspiracy theory, with such "cult cops" holding various conferences to promote it.[71] The scare was later imported to the United Kingdom through visiting evangelicals and became popular among some of the country's social workers,[72] resulting in a range of accusations and trials across Britain.

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