Forgotten Sins
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Forgotten Sins was a 1996 television movie
based on Lawrence Wright
's New Yorker
articles and his book Remembering Satan, which was in turn based on the actual case of Paul Ingram
. It originally aired on the ABC Network
on March 7, 1996. It starred William Devane
as Dr. Richard Ofshe
, "a role to which William Devane brings his customary bristling panache" wrote Dorothy Rabinowitz
in the Wall Street Journal. John Shea
also starred as Matthew Bradshaw, a fictional character based on Paul Ingram. Bess Armstrong
also appeared in this film, portraying Roberta 'Bobbie' Bradshaw, a character based on Sandy Ingram.
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
based on Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, screenwriter, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law...
's New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
articles and his book Remembering Satan, which was in turn based on the actual case of Paul Ingram
Paul Ingram
The Thurston county ritual abuse case was a case in which Paul Ingram, county Republican Party Chairman of Thurston County, Washington and the Chief Civil Deputy of the Sheriff's department, was accused by his daughters of sexual abuse, by at least one daughter of satanic ritual abuse and later...
. It originally aired on the ABC Network
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
on March 7, 1996. It starred William Devane
William Devane
William Joseph Devane is an American film, television and theater actor.-Life and career:Devane was born in Albany, New York in 1937 or 1939 , the son of Joseph Devane, who was Franklin D. Roosevelt's chauffeur when he was Governor of New York...
as Dr. Richard Ofshe
Richard Ofshe
Richard Ofshe is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the advisory board of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation advocacy organization, and is known for his expert testimony relating to coercion in small groups, confessions, and...
, "a role to which William Devane brings his customary bristling panache" wrote Dorothy Rabinowitz
Dorothy Rabinowitz
Dorothy Rabinowitz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American conservative journalist and commentator. She was born in New York City, and was educated at Queens College and New York University...
in the Wall Street Journal. John Shea
John Shea
John Victor Shea III is an American actor and director who has starred on stage, television and in film. He is best known for his role as Lex Luthor in the 1990s TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and also starred in the short lived 1990s TV series WIOU as Hank Zaret...
also starred as Matthew Bradshaw, a fictional character based on Paul Ingram. Bess Armstrong
Bess Armstrong
Elizabeth Key "Bess" Armstrong is an American film and television actress.-Life and career:Armstrong was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Louise Allen , who taught at Bryn Mawr, and Alexander Armstrong, an English teacher at the Gilman School...
also appeared in this film, portraying Roberta 'Bobbie' Bradshaw, a character based on Sandy Ingram.