Father Maskell ran a child sex ring using vulnerable girls from the Catholic high school where he worked. According to allegations made by over 100 victims, the ring involved local businessmen, LE (Maskill's brother was a cop), and a gynecologist.
He is accused of drugging, raping, sexual abuse, hypnotizing, voyuerism, allowing other men to abuse them....using his knowledge of psychology and all in his office. He would also take them to a gynecologist during school hours. He preyed on girls already vulnerable from other problems. He was a predator.
He was NEVER formally charged.
Netflix is focusing on this horrendous abuse that occurred in the early 70's in their documentary, The Keepers (link to my earlier post on that subject below with citations). He is also believed to be involved in a conspiracy that murdered Sister Cathy Cisnek. I wanted to focus specifically on him in a separate post to highlight the methods of pedofiles.
Ive been married to a lawman 28 yrs. He has always stated that teachers, priests, cops, etc dont become pedofiles. Pedofiles become teachers, priests, cops etc to gain access to kids and/or victims. Their motivation for choosing that specific occupation is in gaining access to kids, not teaching or ministering or public service. It is a clear distinction between those who truly do those jobs.
First link:
https://www.bustle.com/p/places-father-joseph-maskell-worked-show-that-the-keepers-subject-was-employed-by-several-ministries-58682
2nd source:
http://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/05/father-joseph-maskell-the-keepers-sister-catherine-cesnik-sexual-allegations-lawsuit/
Here is my post regarding the allegations against him, including the murder of Cathy Cisnek.
https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1882986
I know I'm preaching to the choir here. The people here are very knowledgeable.
If you have children, do not trust them with anyone outside your inner sanctum. Only limited trust with teachers, priests, etc. No trust with strangers. Pedofiles seek out those positions.
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Pizzalawyer ago
Are there any studies out there on percentages of pedophiles and/or child molesters within these groups versus the general population. If significantly higher then maybe one place to start addressing this problem is at the employment application stage via psychological questionaires, deeper background checks, etc.
Bluebirdsolitude ago
I agree. I dont have experience with Catholic church but I do with public school system and the same problem exists. In Tx, teachers are on yearly contracts that must renew every year. If a school breaks a teacher's contract for any reason, they must pay out the rest of the contract. Most schools dont have the money to pay out one contract while paying a new teacher to take the old teachers place, so they usually take a "just leave our district and we wont contact LE" approach. I know 4 separate cases where school systems did not renew contract of accused teacher, did not report to LE, and when the accused teacher applied at another school and that school called for reference, the standard answer is something along the lines of "nothing documented in their personnel file" which was true, but it was true because the school didnt document it.
Said teacher can just move from school to school and when background checks are done, nothing comes up because no charges ever filed.
As far as I'm concerned, those school systems should have been charged with aiding and abetting.
Thankfully, that process is beginning to change as awareness is being raised.
carmencita ago
I believe our campaign is having an effect on some people. They may not believe all of it, but they are paying attention to the sexual abuse and sex trafficking numbers . We must keep hammering that part of it home for that will start the ball rolling. The rest may come later.