The explosion of child abuse reports was accompanied by many false allegations.

Evidence

US statistics were collected annually by the American Humane Association. … These showed that the astronomical rise in suspected child abuse cases was accompanied by an equally astronomical rise in false allegations. — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 196

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 196
• XREF: connects to: One false memoir triggered two decades of false ritual-abuse accusations — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 276