Date:         Fri, 23 Feb 1996 07:09:21 EST
Reply-To: ocrt@LIMESTONE.KOSONE.COM
Sender: Is there a child sex abuse witchhunt? 
Subject:      Re: Prescott case

A Witchhunter asked for more details on the Prescott case that I
mentioned earlier

Prescott is a very
small town, a 4500 in population. It is located about 50 miles
NorthEast of Lake Ontario on the St. Lawrence river. In August 1989,
some accusations of sexual abuse emerged from a 7 year old girl. She
said that her two younger siblings had been victimized as well. She
said that she had been sexually abused by groups of adults dressed in
gowns and masks during what she called "monster games in the
basement". She had been submerged in water, confined beneath
floorboards and forced to eat and drink "yucky juice". These abuse
sessions were videotaped. She later revealed stories of bondage,
mutilation, killing of animals, and murder of one infant. The
investigators claim that there was some confirming evidence, but this
was not described in the report that I have.

By October, the Ontario Government decided to fund a special
police/child welfare investigation, the Child Abuse Project (CAP). It
was called "Project Jerico", named after an infant who was believed to
have been ritually killed.

The first charges were laid in 1990-FEB. The case won coast-to-coast
publicity when rumours of a Satanic conspiracy and organized sex
rings. By 1994-OCT, 119 perpetrators (897 males, 22 females) had been
identified, 65 perpetrators had been charged with 376 offences against
162 children. By then, 45 trials had been completed and 41 convictions
obtained.

They later concluded that only a very few of the alleged 275 victims
were sadistically abused, that it was not linked to a Satanic cult,
and that the perpetrators were adults with limited intelligence.

You will see echoes of McMartin, Little Rascalls and Wenatchee in this
MVMO case. I am not certain, but this case may have resulted in the
largest number of convictions of any similar MVMO case in North
America.

To my knowledge, no investigative reporter has studied the case. It
would be great if one would.

Regards
Bruce Robinson
Coordinator
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