MEDIA RELEASE – JULY 9, 2016

Road to Recovery
July 10, 2016

http://www.road-to-recovery.org/

The “International Summit to End Sexual Violence” to meet on the Fordham University Rose Hill Campus, Bronx, NY on July 10th and 11th, 2016; EVEN THOUGH,

A childhood sexual abuse victim, Neal E. Gumpel, who was strangled, plied with alcohol, and sexually assaulted by a deceased Fordham University professor and Jesuit priest, Roy Alan Drake, SJ, cannot get justice from the Jesuit religious order or Fordham University; SO,

Neal E. Gumpel, his wife, and supporters will demonstrate outside the main gate of Fordham University, Bronx, NY, and ask the “International Summit to End Sexual Violence” to call on Fordham University and the Jesuit religious order do the right thing by settling Neal Gumpel’s claim which will allow him to gain validation and help him try to heal

What A demonstration and leafleting informing participants in the “Internal Summit to End Sexual Abuse,” Fordham University students and staff, and the general public that Fordham University and the Jesuit religious order refuse to settle a credible claim of childhood sexual abuse against Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, a deceased Fordham University professor and Jesuit, who violently sexually abused minor child Neal E. Gumpel at a residence near the campus of Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine.

When Sunday, July 10, 2016 from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm

Where On the public sidewalk outside Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus, near 400 Southern Boulevard (across from the entrance to the New York Botanical Gardens), Bronx, NY

Who Neal E. Gumpel, a childhood sexual abuse victim of Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ; his wife, Helen Gumpel; Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., Co-founder and 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 The “International Summit to End Sexual Violence” is scheduled to kick-off its two-day conference at Fordham University on Sunday, July 10, 2016, despite the fact that Neal E. Gumpel, who is a childhood victim of a deceased Fordham University professor and Jesuit priest, has yet to receive any justice from Fordham University and the Jesuit religious order and has been demonstrating near the campus for months. Neal E. Gumpel was violently sexually assaulted in the residence of Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, near the campus of Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine. He was plied with alcohol, violently strangled, and sexually assaulted when he was a minor child. Demonstrators will call on the “International Summit to End Sexual Violence” to support Neal E. Gumpel’s request to Fordham University and the Jesuit religious order that they settle his claim, allow him to gain validation, and help him try to heal.

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