Quite gruesome, and perhaps even plausible. There is just one problem concerning all this. There is no corroborating evidence. Whatever you may think of this magazine, the leading Evangelical Christian publication in this country, be sure that they have no interest in defending satanism. That they would run this article is a powerful argument of both the ubiquity and falsehood of these stories.
Accusations stemming from recovered memories tend to take two forms.
The first are allegations made by children against those who work with them. These allegations are made after extensive questioning of children by social workers and other therapists. Probably the most famous such case was the McMartin case here in Los Angeles County, which resulted in the longest and costliest criminal trial in American History. But the McMartin case is not alone. In none of these cases were there any adult eyewitnesses nor conclusive physical evidence, and all included fantastic claims by the children, including child sacrifice.