0 0 3 ▁after ▁serving ▁his ▁sentence . ▁ ▁The ▁case ▁is ▁often ▁c ited ▁by ▁pro ponents ▁of ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁sat an ic ▁rit ual ▁ab use ▁actually ▁exists ▁as ▁proof ▁because ▁In gram ▁was ▁found ▁guilty ; ▁in ▁reality , ▁In gram ▁was ▁never ▁charged ▁with ▁" s atan ic ▁rit ual ▁ab use " ▁but ▁with ▁six ▁counts ▁of ▁ra pe ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁degree , ▁and ▁received ▁an ▁unus ually ▁long ▁sentence ▁– ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁maximum ▁of ▁three ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁years , ▁he ▁was ▁sent enced ▁to ▁twenty ▁years . ▁ ▁The ▁" s atan ic " ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁case ▁were ▁dropped ▁by ▁the ▁pro sec ution ▁although ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁Sat an ▁was ▁integral ▁to ▁In gram ' s ▁conf essions . ▁ ▁The ▁case ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁S alem ▁w itch ▁tri als . ▁ ▁Background ▁The ▁accus ations ▁appeared ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁there ▁were ▁trem end ous ▁questions ▁being ▁raised ▁about ▁the ▁accuracy ▁of ▁mem ories ▁of ▁child hood ▁ab use ▁and ▁inc est . ▁ ▁Books ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁self - help ▁t ome ▁The ▁Cou rage ▁to ▁He al , ▁the ▁dis cred ited ▁sat an ic ▁rit ual ▁ab use ▁aut obi ography ▁Mich elle ▁Rem embers , ▁and ▁work ▁by ▁memory ▁research ers ▁such ▁as ▁Elizabeth ▁Lo ft us ▁all ▁worked ▁to ▁support , ▁contradict ▁and ▁challenge ▁conventional ▁belief s ▁about ▁how ▁memory ▁and ▁repr ession ▁worked , ▁or ▁if ▁the ▁latter ▁even ▁existed