NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY DENIS SLATTERY
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
A Connecticut screenwriter chose the Bronx as the location to make a statement against sexual abuse on Tuesday.
Neal Gumpel stood on the Southern Blvd. median outside the gates of Fordham University’s Rose Hill campus, holding a sign that read “Shame on Jesuits” as passing motorists honked and hollered in support.
Gumpel says he was sexually abused by a Jesuit priest at the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, in 1973. The protesters chose Fordham because the priest, the Rev. Roy Drake, once worked for the Bronx Jesuit university.
“I just want justice,” Gumpel said, noting the Jesuit priesthood has refused to acknowledge his claims. “I just want them to admit what happened and provide counseling and compensation of some sort.”
Gumpel, 57, said he has suffered through drug abuse and psychological damage as a result of being molested as a child.
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