Remember, this was the height of catholic priests raping children. So of course, just like modern day republicans, they have to make shit up about others so the eyes of justice look away from their crimes.
In subreddit r/todayilearned
In a post titled:
TIL of the Satanic Panic, a moral panic that spread throughout the United States in the 1980s and early 90s. Despite over 12,000 claims of ritualistic Satanic abuse, investigators never found convincing evidence that any such groups existed, much less committed the claimed crimes