Call for Policy to Increase Protection for Victims of Ritual Abuse in San Diego, Part I - Page 9
© Ellen Lacter, PhD
The Grand Jury website did not list the 1992-1993 Grand Jury Report, "Protect the Child, Preserve the Family Report", that strongly criticized the 1991-1992 report, "Child Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Molest Issues" as not being "in the best interest of threatened children".
Ellen Lacter, Ph.D. telephoned the Grand Jury phone number posted on the web-site in late Spring, 2002, and spoke to a woman who said she was the head of the Grand Jury. Dr. Lacter explained her concern about 1991-1992 Report No. 8 being included on the site, while the 1992-1993 report critical of that report was omitted. The individual she spoke with was very receptive and said she would look into this. Dr. Lacter re-checked the site in September, 2002. Sadly, the 1991-1992 Report No. 8, "Child Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Molest Issues", remains published: http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/cnty/cntyd... but the 1992-1993 report is nowhere on the site.
This selective posting of these Grand Jury reports suggests that individuals with influence within the Grand Jury or other County agencies continue to support both the 1991-1992 report and its foreperson, Carol Hopkins, in spite of the fact that the Grand Jury itself determined in 1992-1993 that the 1991-1992 report misrepresented the truth and posed a danger to children.
On July 25, 2002, Carol Hopkins, filed a formal complaint to the San Diego County Civil Grand Jury "regarding any County funds or support for the 7th International Conference on Family Violence" due to the inclusion of presentations on ritual abuse, dissociation, and parental alienation syndrome.
In her complaint, Carol Hopkins, presented her views on the issue of ritual abuse. She accused Dr. Lacter, a presenter for the workshop, "Psychotherapy with Ritual Abuse Survivors" of participating in "a shared delusion". Hopkins, referring to Dr. Lacter's website, wrote; "This is homegrown hysteria, promulgated by Ellen Lacter but fed by county dollars" (Dr. Lacter's website is http://truthbeknown2000.tripod.com/Truth... Hopkins ends her letter stating, "It is my belief that if you consult the FBI or district attorney Paul Pfingst he will confirm the fact that there have been no confirmed cases of Satanic Ritual Abuse either in San Diego County or elsewhere".
On September 12, 2002, the conference main sponsor (the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute (FVSAI)) informed the ritual abuse workshop presenters that San Diego County Grand Jury members had contacted them to request passes to the 7th International Conference on Family Violence and would be attending the two workshops on ritual abuse to "check them out".
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