murders for possible connections to Sister Cathy. However, the material was never entered into evidence. Cesnik's murder is still unsolved in 2021, although Maskell was suspected to be involved in Cesnik's murder at the time f his death in 2001, his DNA didn't match the evidence from the . The girl left but the next day, she later claimed, Maskell waved a gun at her, warning he'd kill her and her family if she revealed the abuse. Frightened and feeling threatened by the strapping, dominating clergyman who was popular with churchgoers for his Sunday masses the girl decided to keep secret her gruesome discovery. At the time of her disappearance, Sister Cesnik was on a sabbatical from the Roman Catholic Church and was teaching at Western High School in Baltimore City. But that argument didn't fly in the 90s. It seems that either the Archdiocese is lying about having investigated the accusations, or the Archdiocese is lying about having internal records on A. Joseph Maskell. Its possible Flaherty and Maskell had some deeper connection at the time that has simply been completely overlooked. The investigation into her disappearance and death revealed rampant abuse at her place of employment, Keough High School, a prominent Catholic school in Baltimore, Maryland. Part 1 - Victim Featured in The Keepers Tells Story of Survival in New Book, Part 2 - Attorney Believes Criminal Charges A Possibility in Sex Abuse Investigation. So the case couldn't go forward. Maybe that was why a homicide detective was told to drop the case in the 1970s, blocked from investigating because higher-ups were "protecting someone." Copyright 2022 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Beyond just being a generically good teacher, she even let her students drop by her apartment on weekends for a chat or a bit of music. Sister Cesnik had been reported as a missing person on November 7, 1969, from her residence at the Carriage House Apartments in Baltimore City, 21229. The first clue in the disappearance was found pretty early her car ended up giving some insight into what happened but mostly brought more confusion. The next time the young nun was seen, it was by a female student from Cesnik's school, Archbishop Keough High School. 'There were a lot of layers that if you peeled them back went a lot deeper. The exact area couldn't actually be reached by car, meaning that she would've been forced to walk there, or possibly carried. Or does White know more than hes telling his audience? In The Keepers another Keough graduate - Jean Hargadon-Wehner - talked on camera about her abuse by two priests, Neil Magnus and Joseph Maskell, and other men at the school. On occasion, they will attempt to combine all three, as there really isnt too much to life overall than fear, love, and laughter. I can still feel her touch my cheek, said Hargadon-Wehner, in a recent interview. In 2013, Facebook page was started by an alum of the school, and more women told of their abuse at the hands of Maskell and others. White is unconvinced that the DNA found at the scene on a cigarette butt would match A. Joseph Maskells DNA, but he remains positive that, eventually, someone will catch whoever murdered Sister Cathy and theyll finally figure out why. Another time, he pressed his gun to the side of Jean Wehner's head, actually pulling the trigger only for her to realize it was unloaded. Investigators dug up Maskell's grav to compare the DNA of Maskell, to evidence from the crime scene. Autoplay. "The Keepers" premieres on Netflix May 19. Though the documentary includes much of the story, director Ryan White doesnt include every piece of evidence, and some of the most crucial information gets left out. The autopsy concluded her cause of death . This photo was not uploaded . Shortly before her disappearance, he'd called her again, telling her that he was still in love with her. Eluding police questioning, Maskell eventually ran off to Ireland in 1994 to work as a priest. Baltimore Detective Lt. Sam Bowerman always believed Sister Cathy was killed by a man who either lived in, or was familiar with, the area around the Carriage House Apartments, knew the location off Monument Avenue where her body was dumped, and that the murder was unplanned. Father Joseph Maskell's body was exhumed from a Baltimore cemetery earlier this year as part of the investigation into the unsolved slaying. 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In only seven episodes, The Keepers covers a lot of ground, retreading the 1969 murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik and the gruesome allegations that shadowed it. But that charming faade was shattered in 1992. Sister Cathy Cesnik & Joyce Malecki. Nicole Mello is an author of horrors, romances, and comedies. And after almost 50 years, Sister Cathy's murder has remained unsolved. 'Father Maskell picked me up, took me to a wooded area where there was a lot of policemen gathered around, he left me in the backseat and two policemen abused me while Maskell stood next to the car. . On the show, we see how long its been taking to get the FBI to honor the requests for documentation under the Freedom of Information Act. But when he was questioned by the police, he had an ironclad alibi for the night of Sister Cathy's disappearance. However, with each day that passes, internet sleuths and hard-boiled detectives alike unveil a new connection or a potential piece of evidence that had been overlooked before in the case. The trial court dismissed the action as time-barred by the statute of limitations. And when those kids got older, Maskell would give them rides home or to appointments. 15:36 EST 18 May 2017 May 19, 2017. This family evidence of anger problems, assaults on others, using a position of power over others to avoid punishment, and the assault on a young woman much like Sister Cathy all point towards a potential pre-existing rage in A. Joseph Maskell that nobody has ever explored. Father Maskell was a counselor and chaplain at Archbishop Keough from 1967 to 1975. The idea that he terrorized many, and that the Catholic Church chose not to stop him. Oddly, her Ford Maverick, which she had recently purchased, was found just a block from her apartment parked illegally in a no parking area and unlocked. What the show doesnt get into is that the FBI has pushed back the date even further now. Priests regularly got away scot-free. Four former students also claimed that they were abused by Maskell, and a Baltimore Archdiocese spokesman acknowledged that Maskell was 'credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors. - May 30, 2017 05:42 pm EDT. [deleted] 6 yr. ago. In the 1990s, sexual assault and abuse allegations began to surface against Maskell, who had served as a chaplain at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore. Sister Catherine Cesnik is pictured with her father, Joseph Cesnik. She was found dead two months later. She may have made a purchase at Muhly's Bakery in Edmondson Village, since a box of buns from that bakery was found in the front seat of her car. There are a lot of people that are living that should be behind bars, she said. Outwardly, it seemed like there was little wrong with him. . When she didnt come home, her roommate reported her missing the next day. Audiences reacted poorly to how cold, smarmy, and arrogant Sharon May appeared to be, and with good reason: they have every reason to believe she was very much involved in a cover-up for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, evident enough from her complete inaction throughout the case. More than 40 years after her death, the case of Sister Cathy Cesnik's murder is still unsolved 9:08 PM EDT, Tue May 9, 2017, Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik; Rev. The theory that she was killed because she knew something about abuse that was going on by priests within the church continues to be a theory, but is not the only theory. Really, the whole thing raises a lot of questions, summarized by Huffpost. Huffpost added that choke marks colored her neck, and a quarter-sized hole in the back of her skull pointed to her actual cause of death blunt force trauma, leading to a skull fracture and brain hemorrhaging. However, this is a small step towards justice. What we do know is that the FBIs continuing failure to contribute meaningfully to this case has negatively impacted any chance at an ending to the story. Joseph Cesnik in 1930 Census; Census Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; 1930 United States Federal Census; National Archives and Records Administration. Their work is featured prominently, in "The Keepers.. I do believe in so many other things than I ever did before. According to CNN, Bode Cellmark Forensics laboratory in Lorton, Virginia was responsible for comparing the DNA to the sample from the murder scene. As for filmmakers Ryan White and Jessica Hargrave, after The Keepers they produced a documentary with Dr. Ruth, and then another one about the two women who assassinated North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's brother. Two women anonymous at the time but who later came forward as Jean Wehner and Teresa Lancaster came forward with allegations of abuse, saying he (and some of his associates) had assaulted them while they were students at Archbishop Keough (later Seton Keough) High School (via Baltimore Sun). The filmmakers said they were not trying to solve the murder of Sister Cathy, or the murder of Joyce Malecki, which is also featured in the series. And to end. The student let herself out right away but could tell that Maskell knew what was happening. She had moved to an apartment outside the convent with another nun and began teaching at Western High School in Baltimore on November 7, 1969, when she left her apartment to run an errand at Edmondson Village Shopping Center in Baltimore, according to Armacost. The body was in poor condition but an autopsy revealed that Sister Cesnick died from a blow to her left temple by a blunt . Anyone who saw The Keepers remembers former priest Gerry Koob and his story about the police bringing in Sister Cathys genitals wrapped in newspaper and tossing them on a table in front of Koob. Jerry Oppenheimer For Dailymail.com Photos hit the internet, many of which have been taken down, that where morbid and graphic of the crash site where Kobe's helicopter went down, killing 9 people. The mysterious Brother Bob is, in many ways, even more chilling a figure than A. Joseph Maskell. The most terrifying though? [6] At 4:40am the next morning, Russell's friends, Peter McKeon and Gerard J. Koob, both Catholic priests, found Cesnik's car, in muddy condition, and illegally parked across from her apartment complex. There is even more to this than meets the eye; White said there are about thirty-five other survivors just like her, and more reaching out all the time. "Buried in Baltimore: The Mysterious Murder of a Nun Who Knew Too Much", "Justice for Sister Cathy is Long Overdue", "With New Lead, Police Reopen Old Murder Case", "Timeline: The Sister Catherine Cesnik Case", "Sister Catherine Cesnik Case: Missing Nun's Body Found in Lansdowne", "Baltimore Priest Victim: Police Were in on Sexual Abuse", "Jane Doe et al. In spite of the Freedom of Information Act, the federal government has continuously neglected to provide Gemma Hoskins with this information. Jean claims that Father Maskell took her to Sister Cathy's body and said to her, "See what happens when you say bad things about people.". It started with a freelance journalist, Tom Nugent. Catherine Cesnik's disappearance scared a lot of people. They have another project scheduled to come out later this year. Read on to learn about the victim. She'd spin stories and excuses, telling Maskell that they were studying or otherwise occupied by something that they couldn't get away from. A lot of power. Gerard Koob was an initial person of interest. There might have been more going on here than just bad luck. It's just a theory one that makes sense, but also one that the police actually can't prove. I think he's dead, but I may be wrong. The series also renewed the investigations into the murders of two women, Sister Cathy Cesnik and Joyce Malecki. May 19, 2017. Sister Catherine Cesnik, a nun from the School Sisters of Notre Dame, a teaching order, began her career at Archbishop Keough High School, a private, all-girls Catholic School. The case made against Joseph Maskell in the 1990s didn't actually last. For this week, I sailed through a second viewing of the entire seven-part series about the link between Sister Cathy Cesnik's 1969 murder and sexual abuse at a girls parochial school in Baltimore. She'd said no, but they still kept writing love letters and spending time together. BALTIMORE "The Keepers" premiered on Netflix, on May 19th, 2017, bringing worldwide attention to the sexual abuse of children by priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. One of the friends Helen Phillips had called upon, Koob had been dating Catherine Cesnik at the time. In fact, people around the world were so distraught at learning about Sister Cathy's case that they started flooding the Baltimore County Police with calls. In his late 20s at the time and described as pretty charismatic, he was easy to like, working as a counselor with a psychology degree from Johns Hopkins. Were not going to let this go, Hoskins said. Hargadon-Wehner's new book "Walking With Aletheia" details her healing process, and what she's learned from - she says - communicating with several different aspects of her personality. Father Neil Magnus Is A Possible Suspect On 'The Keepers'. Investigators didn't really buy that, thinking that he knew more than he let on, but the church forced them to stop searching. So it probably wasn't the result of some random act of violence. As in, a three-year-old who remembers it. This seven-episode docuseries explores the still-unsolved murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik, a teacher at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, Maryland. The week prior, Sister Cathy Cesnik, a popular young nun who taught English and drama at Keough, had vanished while on a Friday-night shopping trip. Leads dried up quickly and no one came forward with information about Cathy's whereabouts, and the search dragged on for months. Because of the condition of Cesnik's corpse, police were unable to tell if she had been sexually assaulted. Detectives investigating her death believe she may have encountered her murderer outside her apartment since her car was found parked in the complex the day after her disappearance. 'After that we had to break away from him. According to police, Joyce Helen Malecki, 20, disappeared from a shopping mall only days after Cesnik on November 11, 1969, in Glen Burnie, a suburb of Baltimore. Youtube. What the show doesnt touch on, however, is Koobs supposed relationship with Sister Cathy. The same happened in 1994. Her case has remained open ever since, Armacost said. Moreover, she said that along with the priest, she was abused by police officers. Now, police are awaiting results of DNA from the body of Maskell, a priest who was accused in the 1990s of sexually assaulting young women. Her co-workers had kind words to say about her. As the next morning rolled around, Catherine Cesnik still hadn't returned to the apartment, and her roommate became very concerned. Not two decades. Wehner says she remembers trying repeatedly to brush off the maggots crawling on Cesnik's face while frantically repeating the words, "Help me, help me." 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