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November 8-14, 2003
(Published November 1, 2003)
Child abuse and the experts
Letter to
the Editor
Lvnley Hood (Dunedin)
John Read (Letters, October 25) is desperate. He can
find nothing of substance to attack in A City Possessed. This is because I
have got it right. I have demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that the
pre-school scandal that ripped Christchurch apart and threw the nation into turmoil
was based on a bungled investigation into a crime that never happened.
But Read has staked his reputation on the discredited beliefs and practices
that made the creche case possible. So, in his desperation to attack me, he
seizes on a couple of peripheral points. Then, like Brian Edwards in his
infamous interview with me, he misrepresents those points and attacks the
misrepresentation. By their conduct, Read and Edwards discredit only
themselves.
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