The Power of the Paedos - another high profile case hits the 'never happened' wall?

[David Guyatt]

Whoops! He mentioned the politically incorrect "S" word.

From The Needle:

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This Article Is Not About Satanist Ritual Abuse.'

As the title makes abundantly clear this article is not about Satanist Ritual Abuse. How could it be since Jean La Fontaine has published a report, The Extent and Nature of Organised and Ritual Abuse, commissioned by Virginia Bottomley, the then Health Secretary, back in 1994 making it crystal clear that there is no such thing as Satanist Ritual Abuse?
Professionals in child protection might come across the abuse of minors which might indicate something very much like Satanist Ritual Abuse but they dare not speak publicly about it because it just can't exist since Jean La Fontaine, an anthropologist, has declared it so, and if they did so they'd be stigmatised as Christian fundamentalists or conspiracy theorists.
Hard headed journalists might come across a story which looks remarkably like Satanist Ritual Abuse but they will not dare call it that because there is no such thing and if they tried their editor would only point out that Jean La Fontaine might accuse them of sensationalising the story "Satanism sells newspapers." she has said and no respectable editor wants to be accused of sensationalism.
So, I just want to be clear that this article is not in anyway connected to Satanist Ritual Abuse.

Colin Batley

No, this article is about Colin Batley, who was convicted and sentenced to 22 years imprisonment for various sexual offences in 2011 including raping an 11 year old girl and a group of four women, which in no way resemble a coven, who faced trial with him. His wife, Elaine Batley, was convicted of five sex-related offences and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment. Jacqueline Marling was found guilty on five charges and sentenced to 12 years, and Shelley Millar was sentenced to 5 years. Only Sandra Iveson was cleared of the one charge she faced of indecency with a child.
The first to move from East London to Clos yr Onnen, which translates as Ash Tree Close was Sandra Iveson in 1995. The following year, Colin and Elaine Batley moved in and two years after that Jacqueline Marling became the Batley's next-door neighbour. Finally, Shelley Millar moved in. Now, I know there is a great deal of stuff and nonsense written regarding the importance of symbolism to Satanists if they exist, which of course they do not, so do not attach any possible meaning to Ash Trees and any alleged significance that you may have heard that they have.

Some have cruelly suggested that this group formed, part or the whole, of a Satanic cult just because the group followed the teachings of Aleister Crowley. Just because each Sunday Colin Batley held meetings, where he would preach from Crowley's Book of Law, dress in hooded robes, chant before an altar and then orchestrate or participate in group sex and just because Batley "took cruel delight in initiating children into sex " as Judge Paul Thomas QC said in summing up before sentencing.
The judge was very careful in his summing up not to describe this small group as Satanist or the initiations' that he referred to as ritual. How could he, as we all know that would be impossible, there is no such thing. Instead he chose to refer to them as "a community within a community involving child abuse rape and prostitution." as that is possible.
That this "community within a community" literally lived within a stones throw from a retired police commissioner and a former bishop should not raise an eyebrow in the slightest.
Some have unfairly pointed the finger at Carmarthenshire Social Services for their failure to take action back in 2002 when they were warned of Colin Batley's child abuse but took no action. OK, this oversight led to this "community" abusing children for another 8 years but really, I ask you, how could Carmarthenshire Social Services take action against something Jean La Fontaine has stated categorically does not exist ?
If Satanist Ritual Abuse does not exist then why bother taking any allegation seriously?
Now, I think I might know what you're thinking. I think you're asking yourself, "What if Jean La Fontaine is wrong ? Wouldn't discounting any possibility of Satanist Ritual Abuse lead to these kind of oversights meaning that many children are not protected ?"
Valerie Sinason, consultant psychotherapist at the Tavistock Institute, has asked the very same question, she is quoted as saying "I find it disturbing that one anthropologist's readings of transcripts are being listened to more seriously than 40 senior health service clinicians".
At first glance this appears to be an extremely compelling point that Valerie Sinason is making. "40 senior health service clinicians", professionals in the relevant field of expertise against one anthropologist, all be it one who had been previously commissioned by Virginia Bottomley to write a report on the issue ?
But Jean La Fontaine has an answer to that, "I don't like to be arrogant", she said " but there was only one Galileo who first said that the earth was moving around the sun. Numbers of believers don't count. Data and logic do".

So, there you go. Who could possibly argue with the self proclaimed Galileo of Anthropology ?