IRELAND/UNITED STATES
Irish Mirror
A priest based in Ireland in the 90s is the subject of a new Netflix documentary linking him to a nun’s murder.
The late Father Joseph Maskell arrived here in 1994 after fleeing the US as he was about to be arrested on child abuse charges.
Police investigating the 1969 slaying of Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik in Baltimore exhumed his body in February with DNA results expected this summer.
The Keepers, which will premiere on Friday, was directed by Ryan White and he claims both government and religious institutions “at best dropped the ball over the last 45 years – and, at worst, covered it up”.
He also said it was “chilling” to think Fr Maskell could have been around children in Ireland.
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