As Brian Rudman points out
today (NZ Herald) Justice Minister Amy Adams’ rejection of a Commission of
Enquiry into the nasty business at the Christchurch Civic Creche all those
years ago appears to have gone unnoticed with all the excitement of recent
days. You might feel that the long
weekend has been to blame but I have to say that if only the media could have got over their obsession with pony tail pulling it might have been better brought to our
attention.
For those not familiar with the
case, Peter Ellis was jailed for ten years in the early nineteen nineties on a
number of sexual offending charges.
Apparently Ellis and his teacher colleagues were paedophile satanists and we know that for
sure because of the children’s evidence.
We all know that preschoolers do not lie.
The innocent little mites, dropped
off to kindy by unsuspecting parents, were subjected to what can only be
described as sexual sadism that verged on the worst excesses of medieval
torture.
There were a number of
underground tunnels in the crèche basement, at least one of which led to a
graveyard, and another to a suite of rooms in one of the city’s upmarket
hotels.
Their teacher tormenters often
peed on the children, and sometimes pooed on them as well. Imagine that!
They were pushed through
trapdoors into dungeons and left there for hours. They were half cooked in hot ovens. They were buried in coffins.
Burning paper was pushed up
their bottoms. Parts of their anatomy
were wrenched from their bodies with pliers.
Pins were pushed through penises.
They were left for hours in
cages that had been hung from the ceiling in the main playroom by Peter's mother. Yes, even his mother was in on it!
One four year old was on one occasion forced to help with the murder of a baby.
I must be totally truthful and
say that despite the daily persecution sessions no actual signs of injury were
ever found on the children but as far as I’m concerned that only proves how
terrifyingly efficient these South Island Sorcerers were.
I admit that it’s odd that the
parents of the boy who was the subject of the ritual slaughter never ever
reported him missing. Doesn’t that merely
demonstrate how petrified they were of the vengeance of the group though? I know I wouldn’t have wanted to cross a malevolent
mob like that. In fact I’m surprised
they were ever employed in the first place.
It’s a disgrace!
And we should be
very, very concerned. In this context I could not
help but note Claire Robinson’s comment on Sunday’s Q&A programme during
the discussion about closer trade relations with Saudi Arabia. She was rightly anxious about the possible
ramifications of cosying up to a society `that still imprisons people for
sorcery’ ….. and there were murmurs of approval for this observation of hers
from the other panel members. I did so
want to re-assure her that if and when the social complications of the prospective trade
deals come to pass we might not notice as much as she thinks. We imprisoned Ellis for sorcery as long ago
as 1993 after all.