Ellis claimed that she also continued to visit him with her children after the relationship ended. Ellis is clearly innocent of child abuse. His guards sat with him during the trial and spread the word at the prison that Ellis is innocent. As a result, he has not been subjected to the beatings that many people convicted of childhood sexual abuse have suffered. The creche has since reopened.
Parents remain deeply divided over whether any abuse actually happened.
It destroys the credibility of 7 of Ellis' 13 remaining convictions. It was allegedly written by psychiatrist Dr. Karen Zelas to Detective Sergeant John Ell of the Christchurch police. Some people believe that the letter shows that Dr. Zelas knew that the evidence against Ellis was tainted by massive parental questioning of the children. N's brother and parents did the same. In N's case, the parents subjected him to intensive interrogation pertaining to ritual abuse between the three August interviews which were on consecutive days.