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Metro Magazine
August 1999
Suffer the little children
Letter to the Editor
by Stephanie Wheeler (Dunedin)
Only Peter Ellis and the children
at the Civic Crèche know whether Peter Ellis sexually abused the children
there. Taking evidence from very small children may be difficult, but what is
the alternative? We all know the abuse of very small children happens,
whether or not they are able to give credible accounts of it. Preschoolers
have been found with injuries to their genital areas and some are infected
with sexual diseases. Tiny girls have been raped, tiny boys sodomised. Some
like Delcelia Witika die and only then is it proven they were being sexually
abused. To talk about “hysteria” in regard to satanic ritual abuse and child
abuse is itself far-fetched. I would say any loving parent who had reason to
believe their child had been sexually abused would have every right to be hysterical.
As for satanic cults, their trademark is secrecy. I would be terrified if I
became victim to a cult. It is small wonder that anyone subjected to fear and
degradation would want to stay very silent. I had a friend who could no
longer cope with the fear of when the cult would strike again. She is now
dead after suicide. I’ve not had personal experience of satanic cults but if
I had, I cannot imagine anything worse than trying to get help and not being
believed.
Overseas experiments are suggesting that small children actually remember far
more than we give them credit for. If there are further investigations into
Peter Ellis’ case, it may well be that the Civic Crèche children are able to
contribute memories that will help to make the picture clearer. What
non-abused children do not know are the kinds of abuse disturbed adults
perpetrate on small children. When a number of children describe similar
acts, there would certainly seem to be something to worry about.
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