Reply #80: I hear what you are saying... [View All]

[CoffeeCat]

You're saying that child abuse rings + satanic rituals + murder claims rarely, if ever, stand up to the scrutiny of the Judicial System.

I agree with you that a few cases, which have been brought to the courts and highly publicized--have been debunked.

However---I don't see any mention of "Satanic Rituals" or "murder claims" as you mentioned--in this particular case.

I see allegations regarding pedophiles who were having sex with each others' children--and that there was an organized, "ring" element to this. This is so awful, that it's difficult to fathom this happening. However, that doesn't mean it didn't happen.

It appears that a group of pedophiles somehow got together. We know that pedophiles exist. We know that there are many pedophiles out there on the Internet--downloading pictures and communicating with other pedophiles. There have been studies done on convicted pedophiles, in addition to police reports--which demonstrate that HALF of alleged pedophiles possess a large collection of child pornography. Some of it is pictures they've taken, but a majority of their collections are from swapping photos with other pedophiles. Again, it's a logical leap to conclude that these sick people might find one another.

I cannot name one case in which a child-abuse ring with satanic rituals and murder---was prosecuted. However, this case doesn't seem to involve those things.

Organized pedophile and child sex rings--exist. Those people are prosecuted all of the time--for molestation, production of child pornography and for activities involved in molesting and photographing many (sometimes hundreds) of children.

I do understand what you are saying. I share your concern about the extraordinary Satanic/ritualistic claims that have been disproved. However, those stories do not negate the fact that there are millions of child-pornography images on the Internet--and that these children were molested, exploited and traumatized in the production of those photos.