Other Cases

"[R]esearch shows that between 1984 and 1995, at least 185 adults [in the United States], about half of them women, were charged with ritualized sexual abuse. Of those, 113 were convicted, mainly on the word of young children."

-- Debbie Nathan, co-author of Satan's Silence

Still in Prison (date of conviction) The Barnes family, Ohio (1984) Frank Fuster, Florida (1985) Bruce Perkins, Texas, (1992) Daniel and Fran Keller, Texas (1992) Excellent Austin Chronicle article on the Kellers Michael Alan Parker, North Carolina (1994) Elizabeth Ramirez, Anna Vasquez, Cassandra Rivera, Kristie Mayhugh, Texas (1997-98) Grant Self, California (1984) Ryan Smith, Oregon (1999) James Toward, Florida (1989) Also here James Watt, New York (1987)   = = = = = = = = = Exonerated! Nancy Smith and James Allen, 2009, after almost 15 years in prison! Vindicated! December 2003 -- Canadian Richard Klassen wins civil lawsuit for malicious prosecution against therapist, police officer and prosecutor who accused him and others of ritually abusing three foster children. Recanted! February 2004 -- Eddie and Randy Chapman, whose testimony sent six people to prison, recant as adults and say that they were pressured by their aunt and by prosecutors to make false allegations. Recanted! October 2005 -- Kyle Zirpolo, one of the children in the infamous McMartin Preschool case, comes forward (as an adult) and says that his testimony was a lie. Zirpolo told journalist Debbie Nathan in the Los Angeles Times that he was pressured to make false accusations of ritual abuse. Recanted! February 2008 -- Kristin Erickson was pressured by therapists into "remembering" acts of abuse by her preschool teacher, James Toward -- she is now working to free him from prison! Recanted! July 2009, Now-adult children recant after father jailed for nearly 20 years, say detective badgered them for months to accuse father.

Released from Prison (either paroled or conviction overturned) The Religious Tolerance list, 41 cases (also includes those still in prison ) Gerald Amirault, Massachusetts Bernard Baran, Massachusetts (1984) Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen, Ohio Mike Hall, Mississippi (1985) Well-known cases, including McMartin Preschool, Dale Akiki, and Wenatchee, Washington Wenatchee, the Seattle Post Intelligencer series Frances Ballard, Memphis, TN Kelly Michaels, New Jersey Kern County (Bakersfield), California John Stoll, California (part of Bakersfield case) Jenny Wilcox and Robert Aldridge, Ohio Bob and Betsy Kelly and Five Others, the Little Rascals Case, North Carolina Grant Snowden and Bobby Fijnje, Florida Jesse Friedman, New York Jeffrey Modahl, California Lynn Malcom, Washington Martensville - the Stirling family and 7 others, Canada James Rodriguez and five others, California Ray and Shirley Souza, Massachusetts Bill and Kathy Swan, California Peter Ellis, New Zealand Project Jericho in Prescott, Ontario (1989-1994) a total of 119 people accused! Rev. Nathaniel Grady, The Bronx Five Bruce Clairmont, Massachusetts Paul Ingram, Washington (1988)