One former student, Teresa Lancaster claims she was sexually abused by Father Maskell as well as members of Baltimore police who took her to a wooded area and raped her in a car, Lancaster (right) said Maskell got away with his crimes by'power and fear.' Mine isdifferent than Gemmas theory, but we were all looking at the various versions of the truth and deciding what we believed was true. I don't understand what happens on the other side, she said. 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She moved into an apartment with another nun and was weighing her options. I think that the impact of The Keepers has far exceeded our expectations, Hargrave said. Her body was found in a wooded area two days later. His family believes he may have had something to do with Cathy's death, along with his brother, Ronnie, and an unknown man called "Skippy." True crime is only getting more popular, and Netflix never misses an opportunity to contribute to the zeitgeist, giving us The Keepers. And I looked at my husband and I said, Oh my God, Radakovic remembers now. Koob says that he and McKeon went to the movie "Easy Rider" the night of Sister Cathy's disappearance. The plaintiffs suits are thus barred by the statute of limitation. She had brown hair and brown eyes. I'm not going to name names right now but they know stuff. YOU'VE REACHED YOUR MONTHLY ARTICLE LIMIT. 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. I think it's pretty undeniable by the end of The Keepers that they are, and Jean is the nexus of that, White said. Nearly 20 years ago, Nugent had been calling many former students from the now-closed Archbishop Keough High School, for a story on Sister Cesnik, who was murdered in 1969. The discovery of Cesniks dead body rocked the family. Fans of The Keepers may be surprised to hear that Keough High School, where Sister Cathy and A. Joseph Maskell both taught, closed in July of 2017, following confirmation from the Archdiocese of Baltimore that they paid settlements out to students who had been sexually abused by Maskell. Brother BobA third abuser who "Jane Doe" remembers from her days at Keough, but whose face she cannot recall. Cesnik was born in 1942 and grew up to become a nun at the all-girls Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, where . However, the material was never entered into evidence. Much like the government, the Catholic Church has their own internal system for keeping track of the people who make up their organization. Theyd ring a bell and [the girls] were required to get up and just walk away., But Radakovic couldnt let go. Soon they were linking that abuse to Sister Cathy's murder, and speculation that she was going to blow the whistle and tell all. The Oldest Irish American Newspaper in USA, Established in 1928, Bonds Between Irish America And Ireland Remain Strong: Survey. ', While the murder of Sister Cathy is in the forefront of the series, White noted that there were other crimes 'happening before and after, and still filter down to today and may be linked to her murder.'. He wrote that the evidence, all circumstantial, shows that Sister Cathy was probably killed because she was ready to blow the whistle on widespread sex abuse at Keough by Father Maskell and others, in the late 1960s. Her former students believe that Sister Cathy was murdered as part of a cover-up to protect a priest at the school, A. Joseph Maskell, who Cesnik suspected was guilty of sexual abuse of students. Before that, Gemma spent 37 years as an elementary school teacher. Spitz did the official autopsy back in 1970. Who killed the nun still remains a mystery today, but . White can only say this about it: Her story is chilling.. In addition to the six abuse victims featured in the documentary, director Ryan White told TheWrap there are at least 40 victims in total, some from after Maskell's stint at Keough. And this update involves Father Joseph Maskell. 'The Keepers': What's Behind the Name of the Netflix Documentary Series? Copyright 2022 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. In 2004, a retired Baltimore homicide detective told the Baltimore City Paper that the church lawyers had 'stepped in and they talked to the higher-ups at the police department. I was raised Catholic and I had a very positive experience. . Ryan White says hes seen a lot of people doubt whether the story is true at all, and insists that Koob is absolutely certain this happened, while the police are absolutely certain it did not. Maskell denied involvement in any form of abuse. [15] The series features interviews with women who were Cesnik's students, with some who say they were sexually abused by Maskell and others.[16]. This is huge news regarding Sister Cathy's case. 'The Keepers': Sister Cathy's Medical Examiner Also Worked on JFK, JonBenet Ramsey Cases, director Ryan White told TheWrap there are at least 40 victims in total, The Baltimore Archdiocese reached a $35,000 settlement with VonDenBosch in 2016. I think the really special part of The Keepers is that people arespeaking up for a lot of people who didnt survive it. On November 7, 1969, 26-year-old Sister Catherine Cesnik vanished. She was "Jane Roe" in that ultimately unsuccessful lawsuit. 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. She was a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame and had been an English teacher at the Catholic, all-girls, Archbishop Keough High School in Landsdowne. [13][14] Police spokeswoman Elise Armacost announced that this discovery does not exclude Maskell from being a suspect in the case. We met Gemma in a Home Depot parking lot, a few blocks from where Sister Cathys car was found. The reward is up to $7,000 for informati. She was described as a tall, thin girl -- standing about 5 feet, 7 inches and weighing 112 pounds. Both had . It started with a freelance journalist, Tom Nugent. A lack of information about his life at the time has made deeper research difficult; however, viewers now know that Robert Flaherty was accused in a separate sex abuse scandal, as well. The Keepers was an intense docu-series on Netflix about an unsolved murder, and here are some bits of evidence the show has left out. The spot was not easily accessible to a casual passerby. 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. After the series premiered, messages started to arrive from around the world with new information. Nov. 11-13, 1969: Joyce Malecki Is Killed. Baltimore nun Cathy Cesnik, 26, vanished while out on a shopping trip in November 7, 1969. He was never charged. Giangrasso, pointing to the discovery of the car, and the fact that it was returned close to where Sister Cathy lived, theorized that the killer was someone who she knew and possibly whom she trusted. Meteorological records also reveal that temperatures during the week in question were warm enough for maggots to hatch. Investigators dug up Maskell's grav to compare the DNA of Maskell, to evidence from the crime scene. Together, she and Hoskins started the Justice for Catherine Cesnik and Joyce Malecki Facebook page in 2013 to try to solve the case, which has become a network of Keough alumni and abuse survivors. Sister Cathy Cesnik's disappearance and murder remain an unsolved mystery. If you were part of the Facebookgroup, people got to know us very well. She was not part of the 1994 lawsuit but came forward later. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. 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. There are a lot of people that are living that should be behind bars, she said. Peter McKeonMcKeon was also a priest, and accompanied Koob to Sister Cathy's apartment when Sister Russell called to say she was missing. The fall before she died, Cesnik transferred from Keough to a local public school in Baltimore and had asked for a leave of absence from her order. She joined the School Sisters of Notre Dame when she was 18. But officials have declined to identify that person. [5], In the fall of 1969, Cesnik was teaching drama and English at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, Maryland,[6] a school for girls that had opened in 1965. And the oldest was in her 20's.. 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. Published: 15:36 EST, 18 May 2017 | Updated: 16:14 EST, 18 May 2017, A New York Times bestselling author Jerry Oppenheimer latest book, 'The Kardashians: An American Drama,' will be published in September. "For now, we've pretty well reached the end of the road when it comes to forensic evidence," Elise Armacost, a spokesperson for the Baltimore County Police Department said. In one scene, Jean told her friends, we are the keepers of the secrets, and I knew that had to be the title. If the Archdiocese is willing to blatantly lie about this, what else are they lying about? [1] His remains were exhumed in February of this year and reports in recent days have stated that a DNA sample from Maskell was not a match from a DNA sample retrieved from evidence from the murder scene in 1969. Marilyn Cesnik Radakovic's journey to find out what happened to her older sister, who died nearly 50 years ago, began last year when she read a news article with the headline "Buried in. Nearly 20 years ago, Nugent had been calling many former students from the now-closed Archbishop Keough High School, for a story on Sister Cesnik, who was murdered in 1969.