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MEDIA RELEASE – JULY 5, 2016
Road to Recovery
July 5, 2016
http://www.road-to-recovery.org/
Jesuit priest psychologist and head of the Northeast Province of the Jesuit religious order, Fr. John Cecero, SJ, who refuses to help a childhood sexual abuse victim of a Jesuit priest, Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, for whom he is responsible, is giving a week-long workshop to other priests and religious persons on the topic:
“FLOURISHING IN MINISTRY: ISSUES OF SPIRITUAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF-CARE AND SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP”
Fr. John Cecero, SJ, head of the Jesuit religious order based in New York City, refuses to give care, acknowledgment, and recovery services to Neal E. Gumpel who was sexually abused by Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, when Neal E. Gumpel was a minor child and Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ was a Jesuit priest and a visiting professor of science at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, even though the Jesuits have found Neal Gumpel credible.
What A demonstration and leafleting alerting Catholics, members of the clergy and religious orders, residents of the Jersey shore, and neighbors of a popular New Jersey retreat center of the lack of care, concern, and compassion on the part of the leader of the Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), Fr. John Cecero, SJ, who refuses to help a childhood sexual abuse victim of a Jesuit priest but finds time to “lecture” other priests and religious men and women about being spiritual leaders
When Wednesday, July 6, 2016 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Where On the public sidewalk outside San Alfonso Retreat House, 755 Ocean Avenue, Long Branch, New Jersey 07740 (also called West End, New Jersey)
Who Neal E. Gumpel, a victim/survivor of childhood sexual abuse; his wife, Helen Gumpel; Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., President of Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity based in New Jersey that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families; supporters, and friends
Why Fr. John Cecero, SJ, Provincial of the Society of Jesus’ (Jesuits) Northeast Province and a trained psychologist is presenting a week-long workshop at a popular New Jersey retreat house on the topic of psychological self-care and spiritual leadership. Recently, he and his New York City-based Jesuit colleagues told a seriously harmed childhood sexual abuse victim of a Jesuit priest, Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, that the Jesuits would not settle his claim and allow him to gain validation and try to heal, even though the Jesuits have found Neal Gumpel to be credible. The Jesuits have settled other claims against Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, a serial pedophile, for hundreds of thousands of dollars, but they have told Neal E. Gumpel to take a hike. Demonstrators will call upon Fr. John Cecero, SJ, to do the right thing and settle Neal E. Gumpel’s claim so he can gain validation and try to heal.
Contacts Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., Road to Recovery, Inc. – 862-368-2800 Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, Boston, MA – 617-523-6250
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