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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MillstoneNecklace ago
As a Catholic who has followed this stuff closely for a while now, I'm going to present some facts that a lot of people here probably haven't heard and probably won't like.
The vast majority of these cases occurred between the 1960's and 1980's. In most instances, the presiding bishop presented the case to the police and the police advised them that it was an internal church issue. The prevailing psychology of the time said to move the offenders out of the situation so they would be less likely to offend again; this is why you see bishops moving these priests around.
Only about 3% pf priests have been accused of abuse, and of that 3%, only a small percentage has been convicted. Also, almost 95% of these cases were hebephilia and not pedophilia. No, this isn't splitting hairs, because one involves sexually mature individuals and the other involves actual children. Yes, both are wrong, but it is an important distinction.
All of this is detailed in the John Jay report. The one thing I disagree with in that report is that they claim that these were crimes of opportunity and that homosexuality played no role. The non-PC truth is that homosexuals were being admitted to the priesthood in larger numbers beginning in the 1940s (the communist infiltration of the Church played a role in this); so much so that Pope John XXIII wrote a letter to the seminaries requesting that they stop admitting homosexual seminarians. Homosexuals also have a higher incidence of abusing minors, so it's probable that this played a role in the scandal.
So there's that. Sorry if it ruins the narrative that all priests are pedos, but it's all evidentiary, so feel free to fact check at will.
3141592653 ago
Priests abuse was absolutely rampant before the 60's. I Wish I couldn't say that with such certainty
MillstoneNecklace ago
That's true, but the cases being prosecuted now are generally from the latter half of the 20th century.
3141592653 ago
That makes sensen considering its 2017