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Church Did Not Interfere in Unsolved Murder Case of Baltimore Nun, Confirms Archdiocese As "the Keepers" Documentary Series Released

By Ellen Teague
The Tablet
May 24, 2017

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/7138/0/church-did-not-interfere-in-unsolved-murder-case-of-baltimore-nun-confirms-archdiocese-as-the-keepers-documentary-series-released-

The Netflix documentary series is exploring whether alleged sexual abuse by a Catholic priest played a role in the nun’s death

As Netflix released a seven-part documentary about the unsolved 1969 murder of a Baltimore nun on 19 May, officials of the Archdiocese of Baltimore reaffirmed that the Church did not interfere in the investigation of her death.

Sr Cathy Cesnik was a 26-year-old teacher when she was killed on 7 November 1969. Her body was found two months later.

The Archdiocese says, “unfortunately, the producers asked very few questions of the archdiocese before releasing the series and did not respond to the archdiocese’s request to receive an advance copy of the series”.

The Netflix documentary series, The Keepers is reopening the case and exploring whether alleged sexual abuse by a Catholic priest played a role in the nun’s death. The chaplain of the Catholic school where she worked, Fr Joseph Maskell, was later accused by former students of rape and sexual abuse, which it is thought Sr Cathy planned to denounce.

The church has paid a number of settlements to those who alleged sexual abuse by Maskell, who denied one accusation before he died in 2001. Accusations against Maskell date back at least to 1992. He was defrocked in 1995.

Maskell was recently exhumed for a DNA check, but it did not match crime scene evidence.

 

 

 

 

 




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