http://society.guardian.co.uk/children/story/0,1074,1526043,00.html"The children's minister, Beverley Hughes, is holding a summit with child protection experts and African church leaders next week in a bid to combat the abuse of children through ritual exorcisms, it emerged today.
The summit, which will also involve Home Office ministers, immigration officials and the police, could result in religious leaders from certain African states being barred from entering the UK, said Ms Hughes.
The move comes after three people were jailed at the Old Bailey last week for what the trial judge termed a "campaign of torture" against an eight-year-old they accused of being a witch.
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Dealing with the problem in cooperation with the communities should help avoid a repeat of the satanic abuse scare of the early 1990s when significant numbers of children were taken from their parents in dawn raids, she added."
As a atheist i feel justified in fearing the "people of faith" more than i do the devil
some background at the BBC on why there is this exorcism worry in the UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4670727.stm
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