No. You are very naive. Possibly still a believer in Santa Claus too or the Easter Bunny?
"If there were human sacrifices going on in England, today, it'd be all over their papers, right next to which britpop star is bonking who and what Prince Harry did last weekend. That there is not is either sign of conspiracy, willful ignorance... or the fact that someone you're reading is wearing tinfoil under their hat."
DO you really think ALL crimes are reported? LOL. Many crimes are NOT printed.
"So do us both a favor. Just tell me which of these books it was, and the page number. A direct quote from that page to back up your assertion would be good, too, but if you can just give me the book I can go from there. "
I've listed my references on my original reply. There are three references - titles and author. I suspect any library would have them or if not go to amazon. They'll have it.