All the Lies They Did Not Tell

by Pablo Trincia

After the series and book came out, things started to happen. The story appeared on numerous Italian television networks, and in the summer of 2019, the district attorney’s office in Reggio Emilia arrested several psychologists and social workers. They were charged with removing children from their families for financial gain on the basis of false accusations of sexual abuse. The Hansel and Gretel Research Center in Turin, the nonprofit organization that employed Dr. Cristina Roccia and Dr. Sabrina Farci—the psychologists who interviewed the children from Mirandola and Massa Finalese—was at the center of the investigation. Claudio Foti, the center’s founder, was convicted in November.