Media Release – December 21, 2015

Road to Recovery
December 21, 2015

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/AbuseTracker/road-to-recovery.org

JESUIT PRIESTS AND BROTHERS CONTINUE TO RE-VICTIMIZE CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIM OF A JESUIT PRIEST – ENOUGH WITH THE DELAY!

Neal E. Gumpel is a clergy sexual abuse victim of a previously named predator, Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, now deceased and former teacher and professor at Fordham Prep, Fordham University, and Main Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, where Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, sexually abused Neal E. Gumpel

The Northeast Province of the Jesuits interviewed approximately six (6) individuals, including the victim, Neal E. Gumpel, who provided credible evidence confirming that Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, held himself out at all times as a Jesuit priest at Maine Maritime Academy and sexually abused Neal E. Gumpel there

WHAT

A press conference and leafleting alerting the media, general public, and Fordham University and Fordham Prep students, parents, alumni, and staff that the Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and Fordham Prep and University keep dragging their feet in assisting a childhood clergy sexual abuse victim of one of its priest, Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ

WHEN

Tuesday, December 22, 2015 from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm

WHERE

On the public sidewalk outside the gates of Fordham Prep and University on Southern Boulevard (near the entrance to the Bronx Botanical Gardens) Bronx, NY

WHO

The victim/survivor of Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, Neal E. Gumpel; his wife, Helen Gumpel; and members of Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity based in New Jersey that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families, including its Co-founder and President, Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D.

WHY

The Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) knows that Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, was a serial molester of minor boys. They settled at least one claim against Fr. Drake in the past. Neal E. Gumpel’s credible story of having been sexually abused as a minor child by Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, at Maine Maritime Academy was credibly supported by approximately five (5) other individuals. Now, the Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) is dragging its feet in settling Neal E. Gumpel’s claim, and the Jesuits are re-victimizing Neal E. Gumpel. Demonstrators will demand that the Jesuit Priests and Brothers of the Northeast Province, Fordham University, and Fordham Prep cease their foot-dragging, acknowledge and verify Neal E. Gumpel’s story, allow him to heal, and try to gain a degree of closure

CONTACTS

Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., Road to Recovery, Inc. – 862-368-2800

Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, Boston, MA – 617-523-6250