[wildwood]

i remember these cases quite well. dorothy rabinowitz covered this in the wall street journal, quite extensively. it was bizarre, and many people (often indigent or poorly represented, just like the salem witch trials) were accused by a very sick little girl whose guardian was a detective, as i recall, and always seemed to find a pedophile under every, well, bush.

[tang-soo]

Michael Reagan also covered this story quite a bit on his radio show. If I remember correctly, the teenage girl that made all the accusations was also having an affair with the investigating police officer. It was heart breaking to hear the stories of children and foster children that were being ripped away from loving parents and no one would listen to them. Classic example of government out of control and a true threat when a handful of people can do so much damage.

[sionnsar]

were accused by a very sick little girl whose guardian was a detective, as i recall

Yes. You struck a memory there... Detective Bob Perez, and a Dogpile search turned up a lot I had forgotten.