 Psychologist Richard Ofshe claimed that Ingram, because of his long-standing and routine experiences in his church, was inadvertently hypnotized by authority figures who conducted his interrogation, although no mental health professionals were present, and that the confessions were the result of false memories being implanted with suggestion.Ofshe tested this hypothesis by telling Ingram that a son and daughter had accused him of forcing them to commit incest with each other.Interrogating officers had previously accused Ingram of this, but he denied it, and also denied Ofshe's accusation.