Father named 'Ricky' falsely accused of 'satanic cult' abuse of his children speaks of emotional ordeal for first time: 'It's just sick'

His children were found to have suffered emotional, psychological and physical abuse to force them to make the claims

'Ricky' was exonerated by the judge of accusations he had sexually abused his children and killed a number of babies as part of the cult (BBC player)

A father who was falsely accused of being part of a satanic cult in which he allegedly sexually abused his two children while ritually killing babies and draining and drinking their blood, has spoken about his emotional ordeal for the first time.

In an interview with the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme, the father, known as ‘Ricky’ to protect his children’s identities, said the accusations that his children made were “horrific,” while the abuse they endured to force them into making the claims was “sick”.

The claims made against Ricky were dismissed as “baseless” and “evil and/or foolish” by a High Court Judge last month, after it became clear his two children, siblings aged eight and nine, had been forced to “provide concocted accounts of horrific events” while being filmed. The video was uploaded onto YouTube and has been watched more than four million times.

Looking physically distressed, Ricky described the detailed accusations his children had made against him: “My children, my two children, they said I’d sexually abused them and I’d been selling them in this satanic cult thing. They named 60, 70, 80 people. They said that we were killing babies. That we were shipping them in.

Mrs Justice Pauffley was called in to review the evidence at the request of social services (Getty Images)

“They were showing with their hand movements how I would get their hand on the knives and we would cut the baby’s neck, drain the blood and then drink the blood – it’s just horrific upon horrific detail,” he said.

He and the children’s mother had separated in 2006. Ricky told the BBC the pair had been through private proceeding for more than five years after she allegedly continually obstructed his access to the kids, and made a number of allegations against him that were not investigated by the courts at the time.

Through the course of the case it was discovered that the children’s claims had “come about as the result of relentless emotional and psychological pressure as well as significant abuse,” Justice Pauffley said at the time, which Ricky said he found the most difficult part of the whole ordeal.

“We’re talking about their heads, mixed up, messed up, it’s just sick,” he said.

Despite Ricky’s exoneration from the Judge, and all those alleged to have been involved in the ‘cult’, including teachers and a priest, he said he still receives death threats each day from people who still believe the claims.

Ricky remains concerned for his children’s welfare as the videos of their claims are still available online. At the time of the case, Justice Pauffley said the amount the videos had been viewed could cause the children distress when they become older.

“We don’t know the long term impact [on the children],” Ricky said, adding that he intends to bring his children up in a caring environment filled with a lot of patience and love.

“I truly think it’s going to be OK,” he said.