“For every group, malevolence is always somewhere else. Maybe we understand at this point in history that it can occur at night in darkened rooms where small children sleep. However, surely not in academia. Surely lying and deception do not occur among people who go to conferences, who write books, who testify in court, and who have PhDs. At one point I complained to a Florida judge that I was astonished to an expert witness lying on the stand [about child sexual abuse research]. I thought one had to tell the truth in court. I thought if someone didn't, she didn't get her milk and cookies. I thought God came down and plucked someone right out of the witness stand if he lied in court. I thought a lying expert witness would step out of court and get hit by a bus. A wiser woman than I, the judge's answer was, “Silly you." Confessions of a Whistle-Blower: Lessons Learned Author: Anna C. Salter. Ethics & Behavior, Volume 8, Issue 2 June 1998” TruthLawLyingJusticeCrimeHonestyCourtInjusticeDeceptionShockChild AbuseLieImmoralNaiveLiedDishonestyChild Sexual AbuseAcademiaLiarCriminalNaivetyAcademicsPerjuryChild AbusersNatural JusticePedophile ProtectorsPedophile ProtectorExpert WitnessMoral StandardsDefense WitnessChild Abuse AllegationsChild Abuse ProtectorsNaivReputions Author:Anna Salter
“Saying a man had sex with a child is like saying a man had dinner with the pork chop.” Child Sexual AbuseSociety DenialWords Have PowerPedophileMinimizingPedophiliaChildhood Sexual AbusePaedophileMinimizationMinimizePredatory BehaviorChild Sex AbusePedophile ProtectorsWords Are PowerfulMinimiseChild Abuse AllegationsMisuse Of LanguageMinimisation Author:Linda McCarriston
“I find it disturbing that one anthropologist's readings of transcripts are being listened to more seriously than 40 senior health service clinicians. [Referring to Jean La Fontaine's 1994 research paper for the DOH]” InfluenceCrimeDenialRitual AbuseSociety DenialMedia ManipulationSatanic Ritual AbuseChild ProtectionOrganised AbuseSraSatanic PanicCreditabilityChild Abuse AllegationsDepartment Of HealthJean La FontaineLa Fontaine Author:Valerie Sinason
“Not only do I believe children can be reliable in sexual abuse cases, I believe the vast majority of them are reliable in those cases. Nightline: When to believe a child's word (1996)” Child Sexual AbusePedophileChildhood Sexual AbuseChild Abuse Allegations Author:Stephen J. Ceci