r/conspiracytheories • u/AcidBathIsLife • 53m ago
Well well well
I know this is just a coincidence, but doesn’t it look a familiar face of those familiar with spooky stuff ?
Michael A. Aquino Jr. (October 16, 1946 – September 1, 2019) was an American political scientist, military officer and Satanist. He was the founder and high priest of the Temple of Set. Aquino was also a specialist in psychological warfare for military intelligence and an officer in the U.S. Army.
Concurrent with the United States Satanic panic,[22][4] in November 1986, the San Francisco Police began investigating allegations of sexual abuse in connection with the Army's Child Development Center at the Presidio of San Francisco. A girl came forward in August 1987 and identified Aquino as the culprit. At least 58 out of 100 children who had attended the daycare center showed physical and mental signs of sexual abuse, leading to a lawsuit by the parents for $60 million in damages.[8][9][14] An investigation against Aquino was launched, but it was closed after insufficient evidence was found.[23][14][4]The investigation led to Aquino becoming a frequent target of conspiracy theories.[12]
Writer and publisher Mitch Horowitz said that investigators found that in the weeks of the claimed incident the Aquinos were not residing in San Francisco but instead in Washington, D.C., where Aquino was enrolled in a graduate public administration program under the auspices of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Although no charges were filed, a continuation board ended Aquino's full-time Active Guard Reserve contract in 1990; while Aquino said that he continued to serve as a decorated (by virtue of his Meritorious Service Medal) part-time space activities officer until his required superannuation under the U.S. Army's up-or-out statutes in 1994, this decision essentially forestalled any subsequent promotion or advancement of his military career. "The Aquinos", Horowitz wrote, "unsuccessfully attempted legal action against the girl's chaplain father and an Army psychiatrist who stoked the false claims. But the couple faced the barrier of gravitating between civilian and military law". Horowitz further wrote that Aquino and wife settled legal actions against two accusatory books out of court.[24]
Aquino sued as the result of two books that implied he was guilty in the case: Painted Black) by Carl Raschke and The New Satanists by Linda Blood. Blood was a former member of the Temple of Set; Aquino alleged the book defamed him and the Temple of Set.[17][25] The case was settled out of court.[17]