[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Baran was one of the first people in the country to be prosecuted in the day care sex abuse panic of the 1980s, a bizarre nationwide hysteria fed by homophobia, fears of Satanism, and a wing of child psychology that used unproven interrogation techniques that critics say caused children to recount sexual incidents that never took place.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

According to court documents, the video shows several kids alleging that Baran had sexually abused them. Edited out was footage in which some of the children denied any abuse by Baran, interviewees accused other members of the day care faculty of abuse or of witnessing abuse, and, most important, interrogators asked the same questions over and over—even after repeated denials—until a child gave them an affirmative answer. Some children were even given rewards for their answers.

[plangent]

Wasn’t it Scott Harsbarger, now the inside investigator of ACORN antics, who was the Mass. Prosecutor in these child molestation cases. Notorious for hiding exculpatory evidence. Gerald Amirault comes to mind.

Built a career on perves to become Atty Gen. of Mass.