Press Release by FAAS

SWIA Inspection Report

We have always stated that this report would never uncover the truth and this has been proved today.

Having spoken with SWIA representatives today, serious concerns about the credibility of the report have been raised.

No professional involved in the case was interviewed as part of this investigation.

The report of this investigation has been drawn up solely from reviewing documentation provided by the authorities. There are two main problems with this:

1) The accuracy of some of this information is already under dispute.

2) Not all the documentation relating to this case has been reviewed by the SWIA.

The origin of the Satanic Ritual Abuse allegations which drew in so many innocent people has not been addressed. These beliefs have been discredited in previous investigations, including the report by Professor Jean La Fontaine, published by the Department of Health in 1994. Who after reviewing SRA cases from across England and Wales, concluded that there was no evidence supporting the existence of Satanic Ritual Abuse. As with most of the previous cases of SRA, it centres on a family already known to have problems, though the nature and extent of those problems is not known to us.

This does not however, justify the large scale destruction of other families, in order to support beliefs which have never been supported by evidence, and in the process destroying any chance of finding and convicting anyone who may be genuinely guilty.

These Satanic allegations are what drew innocent people into this case, our names will not be cleared until this is addressed.

Their remit when conducting this investigation did not include the investigation of some organisations whose involvement with the children was central to the development of this case. (Paragraph 3 of the Introduction to the report.)

This report has not been a comprehensive and complete investigation into this case and has not addressed any of the issues on which we have campaigned over the last two years.

A public inquiry must be held in order to address all the issues we have raised over the last two years and here today.

Until that happens, the truth will not be exposed and the possibility that this will happen again will remain.

A more detailed response will be made following a full review of the content of the report.

False Allegations Action Scotland.

www.faascotland.co.uk

7 October 2005