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The Christchurch Civic
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Rather than be condemned by Hetty
Johnson (Feb 9), Ross Francis and The Press should be commended for
enlightening readers in regard to Freda Briggs. Briggs recently made alarming
claims of levels of abuse within unidentified New Zealand schools . The
public has every right to know that Briggs also endorses claims of the
widespread existence of ritual abuse rings. Such claims originate in the
lunatic fringe of the child protection movement. We should scrutinise the judgement
of those who promote them. A simple search for the
publication endorsed by Briggs, Ritual
Abuse and Torture in Australia will alert readers to the material that
Francis is alarmed about, especially since Briggs is apparently advising our
policy makers. The early 1990s was the last
period when such advocates were given undue credence. Fallout from the Ellis
case shows that we are still cleaning up the mess.
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