This situation is very similar to the "Satanic kindergarten" panic of the 1990s. Supposedly there were tunnels under pre-schools, where 3 YO children were held and tortured.
The owners of the McMartin Preschool did not go to jail, but lost their livelihoods and the money spent on defense. The testimony of small children, coached by psychologists, was used to convict them. Years later, many of the children revealed that they had lied in testimony.
This situation is very similar to the "Satanic kindergarten" panic of the 1990s. Supposedly there were tunnels under pre-schools, where 3 YO children were held and tortured.
The owners of the McMartin Preschool did not go to jail, but lost their livelihoods and the money spent on defense. The testimony of small children, coached by psychologists, was used to convict them. Years later, many of the children revealed that they had lied in testimony.
The professsor quoted in this post, Tom Flannigan, made the exact same comparison.