That witch hunt and the McMartin case in California, along with another highly publicized case in Wisconsin, were products of the Children's Defense Fund , which was founded in 1973 by Marion Wright Edelman. Hillary Clinton was the Chair of Board of Directors 1986-1992 and Donna Shalala was Chair 1992-93 when see left to join Hillary in the Clinton Administration. Both of them are currently members of the Board of Directors Emeritus, along with Susan P. Thomases.
Those children were manipulated to believe things that had not happened by Psychologists appointed by the prosecution. The children were interviewed, some numerous times for hours. The children are now older and several have recanted their stories of abuse in TV interviews. Children are easily manipulated by a Psychologist who has a preconceived notions of what happened. The MSM plays a large roll in these cases.
I am not saying that child abuse does not occur. I am saying that the Children's Defense Fund was on a nationwide witch hunt in the 1970s and '80s. Even today, they are still actively pursuing cases.