In this particular case, the brothers had each other, and (off and on) their supportive grand parents as reality checks, and even then, one of the boys is convinced for a long time that the abuse really happened.
In the McMartin branch of the witchhunt-- to this day-- some of the "victims" still believe that there were secret tunnels under the pre-school, that they were spirited away by private jet to Saudi Arabia for sex (with turn-around times of less than 8 hours) etc.
If parents or care takers are constantly reinforcing the "memory" of abuse, and there is no one around to bring those memories into doubt, many such children grow up to believe whole-heartedly in the reality of their abuse. In those cases, rectifying the many injustices done is nearly hopeless, as the State will only very reluctantly reverse convictions, and will destroy or lose the original interview tapes, etc.
Some posters here contend that one crazy old lady is at fault, but really we are all at fault-- for electing the officials, for buying newspaper that hyped the scandals instead of those few that were questioning them, for taking a wicked, perverted pleasure in being outraged spectators to the whole process that was going on at that time, and still goes on today.
In the McMartin branch of the witchhunt-- to this day-- some of the "victims" still believe that there were secret tunnels under the pre-school, that they were spirited away by private jet to Saudi Arabia for sex (with turn-around times of less than 8 hours) etc.
If parents or care takers are constantly reinforcing the "memory" of abuse, and there is no one around to bring those memories into doubt, many such children grow up to believe whole-heartedly in the reality of their abuse. In those cases, rectifying the many injustices done is nearly hopeless, as the State will only very reluctantly reverse convictions, and will destroy or lose the original interview tapes, etc.
Some posters here contend that one crazy old lady is at fault, but really we are all at fault-- for electing the officials, for buying newspaper that hyped the scandals instead of those few that were questioning them, for taking a wicked, perverted pleasure in being outraged spectators to the whole process that was going on at that time, and still goes on today.