A Plague of Witches

So I'm flipping through my September issue of Marie Claire and I stumble across an interesting little article. It's about witches, but not the kind you'd think of. No, not a pagan practicing Wicca. Not even the black clad, pointy hatted kind. These "witches" are children. The people of Congo are blaming their children for the country's misfortunes. They are subjected to mental and physical abuse in the name of exorcism. They are forced from their homes and sent to "churches" to be cured. If they resist, they are killed. I was shocked and horrified by the ignorance shown. It's like something out of The Crucible, not real life in this modern age. Then I see this little panel with blurbs about other countries, even the US and the UK. This is a world-wide problem. Will we still be hunting "witches" in another hundred years? It blows my mind.