It is in everything you see and touch. A safe place to meet, and drink, where male clerics could talk shop and travel to safe cities and towns both throughout Ireland and North America, including Canada. The Ferns Report took 53 full pages to recount the stories of rape told to them by the victims, as children, of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Ferns. James Maskell 1930's census. Baltimore Police Exhume Body of Priest As Part of Investigation into Unsolved 1969 Murder of Nun Featured in New Netflix Series, Threatening to Spoil the Documentary before It Airs . She describes a face covered in maggots, but it takes longer than a day for maggots to happen. (LogOut/ After subsequent complaints that he had attempted to rape hitchhikers, and that he had raped an altar boy, Bishop Donal Herlihy sent him for a psychologist's assessment. It had been a busy week. Did one or more of the students who were visiting Cesniks apartment in the summer and fall of 1969 tell her about the sexual abuse that was taking place at the school? Malecki, a secretary for a liquor distributor in the Baltimore area, had been abducted from the parking lot of an E.J. . Fr Sean Fortune rapes of boys, started when he was a seminarian at St Peters Seminary College, Wexford and the rapes of boys continued with his involvement with the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland. It has been changed and more than 60 books have been removed from what we know as the Bible today. And when it did, Sister Cathy wound up on the garbage dump with her skull caved in., Bud Roemer always drank his coffee black. He served the Archdiocese of Baltimore as a counselor from 1965 to 1994. I fully realize that you, or anyone reading these comments, could be shaking your head and saying oh, please. But Im telling you: the times were TOUGH if you were gay, and the potential fallout from being found out could be life-threatening, enough so that covering up, in any way possible, would have been a far easier course. I just want you to know, at one point you think people wont agree but I know I see it in your eyes. As a practicing Catholic, I am amazed how people seem to screw up something so powerful as the church. I realise the perpetrators may be deceased at this time, but it could potentially lead to those responsible being brought to justice, and bring some long overdue closure to the families. Is there any indication that Billy was also one of his victims? . Bishop Brendan Comiskey, was a willing stooge, and a hopeless drunkard. As I do believe one is innocent till proven guilty but to leave them in the hen house is wrong for certain. As White shows in the documentary, when no one could initially "corroborate" Wehner's story, Maskell was returned to a parish, and Wehner's family conducted their own investigation through a. Bishop Herlihy sent him to the Diocese of Westminster, London 1966-1968 for two years. Her father, Joseph Cesnik, a former Pittsburgh postal worker, rests a few feet higher up the slope, along with several of his Slovenian-American ancestors. by Caitlin Busch. You will never be allowed to lay eyes on any of it while the Catholic Church exists. James B. Scannell, now 73 and retired. The old man sat on a metal folding chair inhis Essex garage. We will figure this out. I believe you. And why would anyone believe that just because some people do horrible and despicable things to others and seemingly get away with their crimes. Until the lawsuit in 1994, Roemer said, he had never heard of Father Joseph Maskell or of the alleged abuse at Keough. In his position as a Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Thomas Maskell was paid by the Catholic Church, his salary, home and office expenses were paid and he was in a unique position to manipulate the vulnerable children, that would be sent to him at the recommendation of say the local medical doctor, the local Priest or Bishop, as a first choice. We never did solve the case, and I think part of the reason was that we had to back away from Koob., Roemer agreed that his murder investigation seemed to dry up after Koob was allowed to walk away from the case. The Catholic Church, since its inception, has mainly focused on hiding true knowledge from people the world over their true divine connection with the Holy Spirit and how to live in that connection. Says Joyce Maleckis older brother Donald Malecki today: One thing I cant understand is why no law-enforcement officials have ever made this connection or asked us about it.. Giangrasso had always suspected Father Maskell was somehow involved with Cesnik's murder. I think we both saw a little wastebasket spilled overbut that did not suggest a struggle to me. Mulling the autopsy, Roemer soon found himself contemplating a likely scenario: A stranger had probably abducted Cesnik from the Edmondson Village Shopping Center on Edmondson Avenue near her apartment, where shed gone to cash a check and buy some dinner rolls at about 7 p.m. on the evening of Friday, Nov. 7. The Garda were informed. Thomas Maskell, always viewed himself as a Catholic Priest, except both sides of his personality were evil. The abuse, the coverup the murder. And the fact that the church did everything in their power to protect these monsters! We are almost at the end game. Dear Tom, I know you must be getting a million crazy takes on this mystery. Change). Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Or take the case of Canon Martin Clancy, an pedophile rapist for nearly 30 years. One anonymous police detective said on "The Keepers" that such images were among the documents recovered. Yours truly, Al Spoler. Some do turn toward God. All the Wexford Pedophile Priests listed below had American connections and all travelled or worked in America. I dont agree with a lot of what you think goes on in the documentary. We know this because you only have to read the Fern Report to see and understand what was going on. His team of sleuths had completely missed this aspect of the investigation. He tells The Keepers: "He used to come in ride-alongs. You see if Dr. Thomas Maskell, clinical psychologist came as a visitor, it would not be a problem, but if Dr. Thomas Maskell, clinical psychologist came to both work and stay, than that was a different matter, he would require a work visa for six months. And with the Baltimore Catholic Churchs protection. I have only one thing to say there by the Grace of God go one of your kids. The last thing he wants is to return to the area, where he might be spotted driving the victims car.. The Catholic Church has never been a sacred group or place. The Ferns Report heard how when one seminarian student was was raped went to Bishop Newman of Limerick to complain that Monsignor Michael Ledwith, vice-president of Maynooth Seminary College had raped him, Bishop Newman was so abruptly dismissive of the boy that the Bishop's own secretary suggested he go to see Cardinal Cathal Daly. It was parked across the street, behind a bush where it wouldnt be immediately noticed. The aggregate High Society of Baltimore once had open arms of welcome for him. It ate her up also just like it did Jeans Mike-with Cancer. daughter Abby). So whether she was raped or sexually molested, I dont know. Understandably, police investigators and newspaper reporters were intensely interested in the possibility that there might be some connection between the two killings, and their speculations were often reported on the front page in Baltimore. Day after day,The SunandNews-Americanhad been giving the story prominent play, while running one dramatic headline after the next: City Police Search for Missing Nun: 26 Officers Combing Area With K-9 Corps Dogs.. Instead, they told me that my best chance of finding the killer was to talk to the producers ofUnsolved Mysterieson television and try to get them interested in the case., After reviewing the new information uncovered byCity Paper,FBI spokesman Maddox concluded : All of these coincidences certainly rise to the level of possible significance for solving both killings. Moments later, Roemer and several members of the M Squad climbed into one of the departments unmarked black Plymouths for the 20-mile ride to Lansdowne. Its time to remind good-intention and warm-hearted Americans of the following common perceived threats: If we dont invade Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein, he will use his WMD on us. I didnt see that addressed in the Netflix series. Joseph Maskell, would most weeks say Catholic Mass as a Catholic Priest, in different rural areas of the Ferns Dioceses, something he insisted on doing. So, before its too late please meditate on what youve been taught. Thomas Maskellhabitually engage in cunning, calculating, and conniving behaviour. It was actual, hard evidence that would at least be enough to arrest Maskell for possessing child pornography. The Catholic Church always recommended that any child accusing a Priest of sexual rape must first see a Clinical Psychologist- the only one for the Church at the time was one of their own, Dr. Thomas Maskell. Thats fine, he told the priest. I admire the courage of Sister Cathy and the women who came forward to try to correct this horrific injustice. I am more surprised that so many people are so surprised of the atrocities that this church, For the lack of another word, is capable of. Can you imagine the scandal, in 1970, if that stuff had ever come out in a trial? I agree with you on Billy, the fact that he was gay is big to me as well and not only making him easier to control. I think it is possible to solve the Malaki case that might give some really better clues to Sister Cathys case obviously because the murder of a Nun had to be covered up to protect the church. According to the lawsuit, the abuser had been the school chaplain, a Diocesan priest named A. In 1994, former Archdiocese of Baltimore spokesman William Blaul told reporters fromThe Sunthat the church didnt send lawyers to the Baltimore County Police Department to demand Koob be left alone. Watch the video to hear CCA Managing Partner, Charles Maskell, Director, Timothy I am thankful for the DNA they have gathered but I feel there are other gatherings they should do and keep on file. Many Catholic Priests worked and lived in the U.S.A. and many more Irish Catholic Priests travelled on holidays, regularly to visit fellow Catholic Priests they went to Seminary Colleges l with or they were members of the secret society of pedophiles. New Doln Beneov, Moravia-Silesia, Czechia jobs added daily. We are not promised that we will not suffer or that our loved ones will not suffer at times. Father Maskell had served as chaplain for two police agencies, the Maryland State Police and Baltimore County Police, as well as for the Maryland National Guard and, more recently, for the Air National Guard, where he held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. There is no evidence that Pedoholics can be cured. Father Joseph Maskell found a true friend and a kindred spirit. The murder: it is so sad her life was taken when she was trying to do the right thing. It was like bring a chocoholic to a chocolate factory, pedophilia is an addiction, its a person who craves or compulsively consumes children, both male and female. i also think that producer of the documentary should have inquired more info from Fr. Intensely religious, Cathy was deeply impressed by some of her dedicated Notre Dame teachersso impressed that by the time she moved on to St. Augustine Catholic High School in 1956 she was already thinking about entering the Notre Dame convent and becoming a School Sister herself. He knew dozens of Irish Priests that had at one time or another worked in the City of Baltimore as Catholic Priests, many of these Irish Priests he knew personally and worked with over the years. Thomas Maskell was a master manipulator, this manipulator deliberately created an imbalance of power, and exploited the victims, children, to serve his own evil perversions. What you had there was a whole lot of sex going on among priests and students. Are we just ignoring the fact that celibacy causes problems in this area and to let loose the wolf in the hen house of an all girl (or boys) school is just asking for trouble? Who knows maybe someone has old DNA from their panties that could be processed. Koob about what he knew about Sister Russell and her relationship with Sister Kathy. This seems to oddly fit with the poem by Robert Frost that was used as a eulogy for sister Cathy in the schools yearbook. There is much to their arrangement that leads someone of my age and life experience to start questioning my inner gay-dar. I know from first hand experience that victims of abuse are often filled with anger and outrage and sadness. To add insult to injury Father Donal Collins was appointed Principal of St. Peters, Seminary College in 1988 by Bishop Brendan Comiskey. Many ex-students now claim that the number of boys raped by the Principle at St. Peter's Seminary College is far higher then the 20 boys that came forward, more like 70 or 120 and higher, if you include, London, Florida, Wexford. A four-month investigation byCity Paperdid find some disturbing links between the two crimes: Archdiocesan records make clear that Father Maskell was Joyce Maleckis parish priest during a two-year period shortly before she was killed. But it did put me on guard, because it told me that the Catholic Church would have a whole lot to lose, if that letter should ever get out.. Talking fast, the officer told the M Squad captain that two hunters had just called to report what looked like a womans body lying near a garbage dump off Monumental Avenue, in an isolated, wooded area in the southwest Baltimore County community of Lansdowne. You must also understand that the Dioceses of Ferns, which was a busy hive of Clerical Rape in the South East of Ireland, in which Wexford was part of, was the centre of a Clerical pedophile ring, that extend to almost all the 49 parishes, cities and towns, villages within. And that was done by the Catholic Church. He says they talked with Sister Helen and then phoned the police to report Cesnik as a missing person somewhere between midnight and 1 a.m. A few hours later, around 4 a.m., Father Koob took a walk with the other priest and blundered into Cesniks car near the Carriage House. From the limited info presented in the documentary, Schmidt seems like a person who could certainly be led in a bad directionand his downhill slide, ending in suicide, only underscores the horrible angst the entire situation would bring upon him. The suit sought damages for two former Keough students who claimed to have been injured by rampant sexual abuse at the school. Joseph Francis Maskell married Susie Helen. . I am praying for you. . We are not promised that we will not have to endure some things in this life time. I visited them there during that summer and I did some sewing for Sister Russell.. This week, the last two officers still fighting the charges - Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor - were found . God and the reason why things happen. - City, Town and Village of the world According to the Baltimore Sun, Maskell worked as a psychologist amid his sexual abuse allegations in the United States. It seems clear to me that Billy Schmidts nephew Brians interview with Alan Horn is the key to understanding the events of that night. Does that tell you and me about the relevance of morality, faith and reality? It reminds me of Donald J. Trump, the pu$$ie$-grabber-cum-president. But why would Sister Russell have called you instead of the police after Cathy disappeared that night?, Roemer understood the reason better a few days later, after visiting Father Koobs residence at the Manresa Jesuit community. I looked up the weather for Baltimore Maryland for that date in November of 1969, and found there was no full moon to allow for target practicing in the woods. And you can look our website about . Mrdalekjd methods for $$$. A person who feasts and binges on vulnerable children. Also im wondering if Malecki was killed due to her being mistaken as jane doe, and someone trying to cover Mascalls stupidity for showing jane doe the body. He worked Ireland without his title Priest as Dr. Thomas Maskell with the South Eastern Health Board in its Wexford Community Care. Pingback: the church the keepers | HOLLIE GREIG JUSTICE E mail holliegreigjusticee@gmail.com, Pingback: The Keepers: 'I've dealt with survivors and they're sickened by the church's response' | Television & radio - Alex Poucher, Pingback: The Keepers: Ive dealt with survivors and theyre sickened by the churchs response J1 WordPress. Hi there,I check your blogs named Who Killed Sister Cathy? THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES THAT THEY DID POOR INVESTIGATION WORK A COVERUP FOR SURE! Catherine Anne Cesnik SSND (born November 17, 1942; disappeared November 7, 1969) was an American Catholic religious sister who taught English and drama at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, Maryland.On November 7, 1969, Cesnik disappeared. Joseph Maskell/Dr. In 1994, two women featured in "The Keepers," Jean Hargadon Wehner and Teresa Lancaster, sued Maskell and the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore for $40 million over the abuse allegations. On Nov.13, 1969,six days after Sister Cathy Cesnik vanished, not to be found murdered for two long months, a second young woman20-year-old Joyce Maleckiwas found strangled and stabbed to death in a small creek located on the U.S. Armys Fort Meade military base in Anne Arundel County, only a few miles from where Cesniks body would later turn up. As a parent, having to endure the pain, of my daughter being murdered, with no answers, is something I dont think I could deal with, and remain stable. I strongly believe she was murdered by Sister Helen Russell Phillips. After all the horrible things Jean had to endure the universe gave her real love, a standup guy who showed her happiness was possible and in the end she had to lose him early because of that goddamn Maskell again. But it is costing the Catholic Church-almost all the girls have a problem now this the Church and a lot of sympathizers have left the Church also. Fellow pedophile Fr Sean Fortune violently raped dozens of boys at the same College, St. Peters, Seminary College, Wexford. Make sure youre on the right side of the line when it does. I still regard her as the finest teacher I ever had., More than a dozen other former Keough students described Cesnik as an outstanding teacher. Tom, just finished watching The Keepers last night. Why would Billy allow his nephew Brian to be a party of a heinous crime?? Surely nothing at that time was open past 9 and the jeweler suggested it may have been a custom piece. Netflix's newest original docuseries, The Keepers, focuses on the brutal and mysterious murder of a young nun who taught at a Catholic high school in Baltimore. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. It is the saddest story I have ever watched. Fr. I never knew you. So it would seem that just because someone tells you that they are a Christian, it doesnt necessarily make them one, not in the true sense. Like the Schmidts children-has that been done and compared? Did he have any relationship with Maskell, or even any link with the churches / schools Maskell was using as a hunting ground? 1940s James Maskell. So that we could, by turning to Him in faith, receive forgiveness and life. I sobbed like a child. He Was the Subject of Multiple Sexual Abuse Allegations. This is what true Christianity is all about, believing God, believing that Jesus is who He says He is, the Son of God, who came into the world to live and walk in sinless perfection among us and ultimately give His life for us, dying on the cross to pay the penalty for our sin. But his hypothesis was contradicted by one troubling fact: The nuns car, a green 1969 Ford Maverick, had been parked near her Carriage House apartment complex only a few hours after she drove off to the shopping center. Between 1960 and 1980 for example the local Bishop, Donal Herlihy who served as the Bishop of Ferns from 1964 to 1983. He fell silent, and leaned back in his chair. Fr. Dec 28 1964 About Shot Lt Maskell Dec 29 1964 About Shot Lt Maskell These are the men that shot at Officer Maskell and Cooper 1965 A. Joseph Maskell is Ordained as a Priest. Lieutenant Tommy Maskell, of the Baltimore City Police retired young after twenty years of service in 1966. A high-ranking county police official said investigators were there because the name of the priest -- the Rev. I know that writing content takes a lot of I would also like to know if there is a collection of pictures of priests that were working in the area at the time and if so has Jane doe looked through them to see if she could identify brother Bob also has she looked at police officers pictures and politicians pictures from that time period to identify other abusers or brother bob. Interviewed at length byCity Paper, Koob essentially repeated what hed told Roemer 35 years ago. At that time, I was still considered a deviant in the eyes of the psychiatric/ psychology community, with a listing in the DSM specific to my illness. I could be banned from certain jobs, legally, ESPECIALLY teaching. I went to Catholic school but certain reasons I do not believe like my family does. Fr James Grennan in a period of over 20 years raped children some as young as 5 years of age. She told former Baltimore Sun reporter Tom Nugent that Maskell took her to see the body of Cesnik, a beloved nun at Western High School in Baltimore who had gone missing. Michael Ledwith, was a vice-president of Maynooth Seminary College and a Priest of the diocese of Ferns. that any of this has anything to do with the character of God? His younger brother, Father Joseph Maskell was the serving Chaplain, for the Baltimore County Police, the Maryland State Police, the Maryland National Guard and the Maryland Air National Guard. Jean, I am watching this and I think about you everyday. I think it holds water, but Id be curious to see what you have to say. if i, First tinge of fall. I have just watched this and I feel absolutely devastated, Ive cried it hurt so much all I can say is I wish every victim of this horror story finds peace, I have no words to describe the rage I feel for these ba****ds pure evil and wickedness, I hope they all rot in hell my heart and love I send to all of you and I hope one day you will get the closure you all deserve fondest love Joanie xxxxxx. time of creating an article to a couple of seconds. . Thats very interesting I would like to see it. And that was a shame, because Im sure Koob knew more than he was telling. When you murder something so pure it comes back to bite you in the butt. He says he and Brother Peter McKeon immediately drove to the Carriage House. I remember her blue coat, and the purse nearby, says the 74-year-old Scannell, who spent 37 years as a county police officer before retiring in 1992. Thomas Maskell was rightfully given the all clear, by the Irish Police to practice as a clinical psychologist in the local owned Catholic Church HSC hospital. I think Gerry killed her because if he couldnt have her, no-one could. Doln Beneov : Lokalisasi Doln Beneov : Negara Republik Ceko, Wilayah Daerah Moravia-Silesia, Daerah Opava. If you accept his version of events, then a look at the timeline would place Billy and Ronnie Schmidt in Cathy and Russells apartment at 8:30 pm. This is an inconsistency that makes me question the accuracy and truth of many of the allegations made. Is the survivors have the scares on the inside that they will have to live with for the rest of their lives they never get peace or closure . Warm enough for maggots. The Archdiocese also confirmed forCity Paperlongstanding reports that Father Maskell had kept handguns at the parish rectory where he lived: After his departure from St. Augustines in 1994, guns were found in the residence., Shortly before the lawsuit (Jane Doe et al. I remember feeling very frightened and very angry when I saw how Father Maskell and the police were getting away with that.. Bishop Comiskey of Ferns at the time, admitted in court that he did not inform the Bishop of the diocese in Florida that the Priest he sent to Florida, ex-Principle, Father Donal Collins was an admitted pedophile. This was ideal for all the pedophile Priests and trainee pedophile Priests attending the Seminary College, yards away. Dr. Thomas Maskel had no degrees or qualifications, or work experience to work as Clinical Psychologist in Ireland. There she absorbed a thoroughly typical 1950s Catholic grade-school educationthe kind of prayer-laced, deeply reverent tutelage provided in that era by the School Sisters of Notre Dame teaching order of nuns, who operated the school during Cathys childhood. I hear people judging Christians harshly,overlooking any good and pointing out every wrong thing that they see. The Fern Inquiry found The Garda response to be. Jane Doe says she cant remember his face, that its blurred out in her memories. The circumstances surrounding the case were mysterious and disturbing at the time; in the wake of aCity Paperinvestigation, those circumstances seem even more disturbing now. But beware, the Bible, though it holds many truths, holds just as many and possibly even more falsehoods. Joseph Maskell never come to visit them. No. And they are not the only ones. This is the best adsense alternative for any type Many of its parishioners do not understand that that is what is happening to them, but it is provable. Fr Sean Fortune claimed that Bishop Comiskey was responsible for all this as he had raped and buggered me. A cold case task force (CCTF ) should be sent out.