Convicted in 1991 as part of ‘Satanic panic,’ San Antonio man may soon get conviction tossed
Dr. Alexandria Doyle, a clinical and forensic psychologist from Dallas, testifies on behalf of Melvin George Quinney Jr. on Friday during a hearing on whether to overturn Quinney’s 1991 conviction for indecency with a child.A San Antonio man who was convicted of indecency of a child and sentenced to 20 years in prison after his young son said his father molested him as part of a twisted Satanic ritual may soon be exonerated.
In 1991, Melvin George Quinney Jr. was 43 when he was arrested and charged with indecency with a child after his then-10-year-old son, John Quinney, accused his father of sexually abusing him. The boy believed stories told to him that his father led a Satanic cult that abused and tortured children and animals, and kidnapped and killed hitchhikers.
Melvin Quinney pleaded not guilty and watched his son testify against him. A Bexar County jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was released for good behavior in 1999 after serving eight years, and he completed his parole in 2011.The son, now known as John Parker, 41, has recanted what he said as a 10-year-old. He said his original statements became a web of confusion that followed him the rest of his life.
Parker and his siblings are working with Mike Ware and Jessi Freud of The Innocence Project of Texas, who argued in San Antonio on Friday to have Quinney’s conviction overturned. Bexar County prosecutors Matthew Howard and Hank Wilkins are working the case as part of the District Attorney’s
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