I have two links here, it is a bit of a read, but very informative.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse

https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/articles/the-truth-about-satanic-ritual-abuse/

The first is a wikipedia article about "SRA", Satanic Ritual Abuse. In the 80's, high profile cases were coming out about satanic ritual abuse. There was outrage and panic. But then it turned out it was a figment of everyones imagination. Children were brainwashed by dodgy therapists who were trying to find things that weren't there. False memory syndrome and confirmation bias. Police and government investigators didn't find any evidence. Satanic Ritual Abuse didn't exist at all.

Second link is a rebuttal to the wikipedia article from a Ritual Abuse support site.

Now you see how it was buried 30 years ago.