Investigators found no evidence to substantiate any of roughly 12,000 accusations of group cult sexual abuse based on satanic ritual.

Evidence

Proof Lacking for Ritual Abuse by Satanists (The New York Times)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Folktales can escalate into moral panics in troubled times. — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 77