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"The Luton-based Christian charity Azalea, which offers “practical, emotional and spiritual support to women sexually exploited through prostitution” turn out to be more Screaming Jeezus People ranting about witchcraft.

This happened before, in the early 90s during the Orkney Satanic Ritual Abuse scandal. 30 years is long enough for institutional amnesia to set in. Luckily they seem to have caught it in time this time round ...
theguardian.com/society/2024/n

The Guardian · Scottish sex work strategy ‘a mess’ as charity ditched after ‘occult’ claimBy Libby Brooks

@cstross
Seriously? Again? Can't they at least wait a generation?

@iinavpov It's been 30 years since the last go-around!

Nemo

@cstross
I'm oooold. I still remember *that* Chick tract...

(Still makes me laugh)

@iinavpov It's still available—out of stock but they'll reprint if you order 10,000 and up. Here's the full comic on their web page so you don't have to pay for it:

chick.com/products/tract?stk=0