[Big YAWN here. More unvarified, unsubstanciated, unrefereneced conjecture on the part of

[Big *YAWN* here. More unvarified, unsubstanciated, unrefereneced
conjecture on the part of the author(s). Read with a large lump
of salt.]

Is Your Child Safe? The Significance
of the Atlanta Child Murders for
Today

by Carol White 
Oct. 20 (EIRNS)--The United Wiccan
Church, a witchcraft group, is
currently advertising a report which it
has prepared on the question of ritual
child abuse. One of the authors of this
report is Kenneth Lanning, an FBI
expert on cults and ritualistic crime. 
	Wicca seeks to distinguish itself
from groups which call themselves
Satanic, using the claim that Wicca is
pagan, whereas Satan is--says Wicca--a
fiction created by the Bible. Since
Lanning is a public spokesman for the
FBI, it appears that this argument is
endorsed by the FBI. 
	While the Federal Bureau of
Investigation takes on the task of
calming what they consider to be
hysteria on the part of parents,
educators, and others, moral Americans
rightly fear the fact that Satanism has
grown to near-epidemic proportions
among young people. We are living in a
period of moral degeneracy on such a
scale that it is difficult for normal,
God-fearing people to comprehend it. 
	It is lunatic to restrict the
definition of Satanic to those groups
which kindly advertise themselves as
such. Satanists will use every
opportunity to insinuate themselves
into society--not excluding membership
in legitimate churches--in order to
entice their victims. 
       - Do the Children Lie? -
	Lauren Stratford, who spoke Oct. 6
at a conference of Christian leaders in
Atlanta, is the author of a forthright
book, ``Satan's Underground,'' which
tells how she was forced by her mother
to pose for pornographic pictures, and
through this route led into overtly
Satanic activity. 
	Her written description of the
interface between drugs, pornography,
and Satanic networks coheres with the
picture which has emerged from the
efforts of investigators, and was
confirmed by the hideous Matamoros    [since proven NOT Satanic]
killings last summer in Mexico. At the
conference she emphasized the point
that parents and children do not tend
to embellish stories of child abuse,
but rather to try to deny and hide it. 
	For one thing, they are frequently
scoffed at by law enforcement people
who are influenced by the Lanning line;
for another, the experiences which the
children describe are so degraded and
brutal that it is difficult for parents
or the children themselves to face up
to their reality. In other words, when
it comes to the question of how
widespread child abuse really is
today--we do not know the half of it. 
	One criticism frequently directed
at parents and others who try to expose
the existence of ritual child abuse is
that the numbers of babies
whom the children report seeing
murdered, does not accord with
comparable statistics of missing
babies. That Joel Steinberg, convicted
earlier this year of killing his
adopted six-year-old daughter Lisa, was
involved in running a shady adoption
agency, should give pause to such
critics. 
         - Stealing Babies -
	Such illegal agencies steal their
infant victims from impoverished
parents in Asia and Latin America, but
they also find a source of supply here
at home. Take for example the following
leaflet, which was used as an example
at the Atlanta conference; it was put
on the windshields of cars belonging to
high school students, or young people
attending rock concerts. It has been
found in many regions of the country.
It reads: 
	``We need your help. 
	``We are a happy loving Christian
family who would love to adopt your
baby. 
	``Please help answer our prayers. 
	``Let us help you while you help
us. 
	``Please consider us before you
consider abortion.'' 
	A contact address, with the
promise of all expenses paid. The
District Attorney's office in one state
where the flyer appeared traced the
phone number; it was registered to a
known cult leader. 
    - The Atlanta Child Murders -
	From July 1979 to May 1981,
Atlanta was the scene of nationally
publicized ritualistic abuse and murder
of children; at least 29 adolescent and
pre-adolescent boys were killed. These
were generally young people from poor
homes who worked as runners for the
dope mafia, or as male prostitutes.
Pornography was also involved, and it
is reported that ``snuff movies''
showing the murder of some of the
children are circulating in Europe. 
	Sondra O'Neill told the Atlanta
conference of her investigations during
the time of the murders and thereafter.
She and other investigators at the time
uncovered a picture of massive
corruption in Atlanta. The involvement
of key political figures, as well as
law enforcement officers, in the
cover-up of what was really occurring
raised the question of whether they
were personally involved in the
murders, or perhaps blackmailed into
complicity. 
	Wayne Williams was convicted of
the crimes, but any unbiased look at
the evidence makes it clear that there
was a widespread conspiracy involved,
not a ``lone assassin.'' Many witnesses
at the time, testified that Satanic
covens were involved in ritual murder
of these children, and other
individuals as well. 
	 The picture which emerged at the
time was one of convergence of various
Satanic organizations in Atlanta. The
Process Church, then known as the
Foundation Faith, also had a chapter in
the city, and was thought to be
involved in the murders. 
     - Process Church Involved? -
	One indication of a possible
Process Church connection, was the
presence of dog hairs on the autopsied
children, and the discovery of
decapitated Alsatian dogs in the area
(the Process Church incorporated these
dogs in their rituals). 
	While they ostensibly transformed
themselves into a Christian church in
1974, the head of the Church, Rafael de
Peyer, was depicted in an oil painting
on view in their Atlanta chapter
office, as a horned devil. (As our
readers may remember, John Markham, one
of the federal prosecutors of Lyndon
LaRouche, was associated with the
Process, later the Foundation, Church.) 
	It would be a mistake, however, to
attribute all the killings to any one
group. Clearly, the kind of ritual
abuse reported to Fay Yager and her
friends, who are trying to help parents
who are forced underground to protect
their children, was also occurring
then. In 1978 a national witch
convention was held in Atlanta, which
appears to have been the kick-off for
what have since become known as the
Atlanta child murders. 
	Five of the boys whose bodies were
found, were found to be sexually
mutilated. Some think that their deaths
by asphyxiation occurred while they
were involved in ritual homosexual
acts. 
	What Sondra O'Neill and her
associates discovered was a network
running from Florida through Atlanta,
which was organized in cell form. The
same network was later revealed at the
time of the Matamoros killings. 
	The fact that so many children
appeared to go willingly to their
ritual execution, indicates that the
people who enticed them were well known
to them, and trusted. These would have
been parents, teachers, youth leaders,
and friends--the same classes of people
identified by younger children today as
involved in Satanic abuse rituals.