March 16, 2016
“Thank you for providing a site to keep this tragedy alive…. I was a daycare/preschool owner/administrator for 20 years ending in 1995. The primary reason I retired early was watching (“Innocence Lost”) on PBS and realizing anyone at any time could accuse me of abuse lies and my life and career would have been ruined….”
– From a letter from a Wisconsin reader
Such fears were not unfounded, of course – or uncommon.