James Maskell, A. Joseph Maskells uncle, is a similarly powerful and threatening figure that deserves to be prodded harder. At some point probably the first thing on her trip Cesnik stopped by a Catonsville bank and cashed a check for $255, part of a pretty regular routine. Catherine Cesnik's disappearance scared a lot of people. The case remains open and unsolved. True crime is only getting more popular, and Netflix never misses an opportunity to contribute to the zeitgeist, giving us The Keepers. May 11, 2017 at 2:54 pm. Updated Two women, both with close ties to an unnamed man who may have been . He was permanently removed from the ministry in 1994.
May 19, 2017. One of Baltimores most infamous cold cases, Cesniks death is the subject of a new documentary series, The Keepers, which releases May 19 on Netflix. In another scenario, James Maskell arrested a man named Phillip Shane after the two of them got into an altercation and Maskell lied about how they came to blows. Savvy internet sleuths have found evidence that James Maskell, a former patrolman, got a woman named Sarah Nell sentenced to a year in prison for biting him while he attempted to assault her. Cold cases", "About the BCoPD Cold Case Unit and the Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik Homicide", "Police: Exhumed Priest's DNA Does Not Match Evidence from Crime Scene Killing of Sister Cathy", "Priest's Body Exhumed from Randallstown Cemetery in Investigation of Baltimore Nun's Decades-Old Killing", "The Dead Nun, the School Sex Scandal, and the Amateur Detectives Fighting for Justice", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Catherine_Cesnik&oldid=1117759661, This page was last edited on 23 October 2022, at 12:23. Jerry Oppenheimer For Dailymail.com
In 2013, Facebook page was started by an alum of the school, and more women told of their abuse at the hands of Maskell and others. More than 40 years after her death, the case of Sister Cathy Cesnik's murder is still unsolved ", Up Next: Netflix Hidden Gems For Sci-Fi And Fantasy Lovers. Wehner, who reported her allegations about Maskell to the Baltimore Archdiocese in 1992, claimed that the only nun at the school who sought to help the abused girls was Sister Cathy. After Maskell died in 2001, the two women decided to go public, using their real names. memorial page for Sr Catherine Anne "Cathy" Cesnik (17 Nov 1942-7 Nov 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61142401, citing . An autopsy attributed her death to a skull fracture caused by a blow to her left temple with a blunt instrument. Rather, people actually trusted him a lot, reportsHuffpost. Ryan White's aunt attended Archbishop Keough High School, and had stayed in touch with Jean Hargadon-Wehner. Hoskins says at a minimum she wants to see records on Father Maskell. v. A. Joseph Maskell et al. The scandals were always covered up by reassigning the offending priests to new parishes or just saying they were "on sick leave.". There was a general backlash against it, and a Catholic psychiatrist argued that memories like that couldn't be repressed then recovered. The Keepers was an intense docu-series on Netflix about an unsolved murder, and here are some bits of evidence the show has left out. It was actual, hard evidence that would at least be enough to arrest Maskell for possessing child pornography. Netflix's documentary series "The Keepers" dives into the case and uncovers a web of abuse that may . "For now, we've pretty well reached the end of the road when it comes to forensic evidence," Elise Armacost, a spokesperson for the Baltimore County Police Department said. Inside, a bakery box filled with buns sat on the front seat (probably from Edmondson Village), along with some leaves and twigs. Regardless of why the school is closing, the walls will never be able to talk now. White tells us there is some dogged reporting happening right now in Ireland, digging deeper into the time that A. Joseph Maskell spent there, in addition to his time spent in the United States. [10], Wehner says that, two months before Cesnik's body was discovered, and only a day or two after Cesnik disappeared on November 1969, Maskell drove her to a wooded site near Fort Meade and showed her the body. An undated photo of Sister Cathy Cesnik, whose body was found at a dumping area Jan . Hoskins did write about her theory on the killer in her book "Keeping On: How I came To Know Why I Was Born.. Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. The trial court dismissed the action as time-barred by the statute of limitations. And when those kids got older, Maskell would give them rides home or to appointments. However, this is a small step towards justice. Born in Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1942, reports the Baltimore Sun, Cesnik was described by her younger sister as devoted and rather ambitious. It's hard to say what's true. The Murder. Either she or Phillips would always make to stop on every second Friday to cash their paychecks. One of the major theories that The Keepers hypothesizes is that Maskell either killed Sister Cathy or had her killed. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much Maskell denied involvement in any form of abuse. He then left to work as pastor of a church in Baltimore, but later returned to his duties after an archdiocese investigation failed to support the abuse allegations. The Baltimore Sun is republishing archived coverage of the unsolved 1969 murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik, which is the subject of a Netflix documentary series set to debut May 19. 'There were a lot of layers that if you peeled them back went a lot deeper. An autopsy soon revealed the victim was Sister Cathy Cesnik, a beloved 26-year-old nun who taught English and drama at Archbishop Keough High School and had vanished two months earlier during a Friday night shopping trip. The investigation into her disappearance and death revealed rampant abuse at her place of employment, Keough High School, a prominent Catholic school in Baltimore, Maryland. More than 40 years after her death, the case of Sister Cathy Cesnik's murder is still unsolved. As for filmmakers Ryan White and Jessica Hargrave, after The Keepers they produced a documentary with Dr. Ruth, and then another one about the two women who assassinated North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's brother. I agree. On January 3, 1970, her body was found by a hunter and his son in an informal landfill located on the 2100 block of Monumental Road, in a remote area of Lansdowne. Anyone who saw The Keepers remembers former priest Gerry Koob and his story about the police bringing in Sister Cathys genitals wrapped in newspaper and tossing them on a table in front of Koob. Moreover, she said that along with the priest, she was abused by police officers. Soon they were linking that abuse to Sister Cathy's murder, and speculation that she was going to blow the whistle and tell all. Maskell's DNA did not match the forensic profile from 1970, although investigators noted that this . In his late 20s at the time and described as pretty charismatic, he was easy to like, working as a counselor with a psychology degree from Johns Hopkins. All Rights Reserved. Read on to learn about the victim. Supposedly, according to White and Jean Wehner, the Archdiocese opened an investigation into A. Joseph Maskell, and so, those records should exist. For us, our bar was more about bringing these womens experiences to light and starting this conversation.. And it was the students who really benefited from that, as Huffpost describes. The car was parked illegally but only a block away from the apartment, and there were no signs of struggle. Copyright 2023 PopCulture.com. He ignored the order, only to be forced into an early retirement (via Inside Baltimore). Detectives revealed on Wednesday that after weeks of testing, Maskell's DNA did not match evidence found from the murder scene nearly 50 years ago. In 1994, two women identified only as 'Jane Doe' and 'Jane Roe' alleged that Maskell had raped them when they were students at Sister Cathy's school. However, she didnt want to go on the record. Fans of The Keepers may be surprised to hear that Keough High School, where Sister Cathy and A. Joseph Maskell both taught, closed in July of 2017, following confirmation from the Archdiocese of Baltimore that they paid settlements out to students who had been sexually abused by Maskell. Cesnik's murder is still unsolved in 2021, although Maskell was suspected to be involved in Cesnik's murder at the time f his death in 2001, his DNA didn't match the evidence from the . Another dead end, apparently. At the time of her disappearance, Sister Cesnik was on a sabbatical from the Roman Catholic Church and was teaching at Western High School in Baltimore City. Malecki's body was even found near Fort Meade, where Maskell was a military chaplain. One of the major theories that The Keepers hypothesizes is that Maskell either killed Sister Cathy or had her killed. Without getting into a bunch of complicated legal jargon, victims of abuse would've had three years to come forward. Feb 7, 2019 - Justice for Sister Cathy . 16:14 EST 18 May 2017, A New York Times bestselling author Jerry Oppenheimer latest book, 'The Kardashians: An American Drama,' will be published in September. It was thrown out on a technicality, according to Huffpost. Either way, theyre lying and withholding information that would be helpful to the case. The Baltimore police has since reopened its investigation. Shortly before her disappearance, he'd called her again, telling her that he was still in love with her. Catherine Anne Cesnik SSND (born November 17, 1942; disappeared November 7, 1969) was an American Catholic religious sister who taught English and drama at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, Maryland.On November 7, 1969, Cesnik disappeared. I think it's pretty undeniable by the end of The Keepers that they are, and Jean is the nexus of that, White said. However, the Catholic Church is completely unwilling to share these documents, even though White says he would love for them to be transparent and show the world what they have.. They filed a $40 million civil lawsuit against him, the Baltimore Archdiocese, the sisters who ran the school, and a local gynecologist. Sharon Mays husband, V. Eric W. May, Sr., was a state cop while Sharon was a prosecutor, providing the two of them even more opportunity to participate in a cover-up. > Licensing inquiries: Email tim.thomas@baltsun.com. One night, he invited Wehner into his car, only to take her to see Cesnik's dead body, long before it was discovered. 'After that we had to break away from him. For all the press and notoriety that this case would get in the long run, it started out exceedingly normal. Joyce Maleckis murder is explored as much as it can be as being potentially connected to the murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik, but theres still so much that Abbie, Gemma, and audiences dont know. It was a name he kept hearing in interviews with other priests, and the man had worked with Cesnik while she taught at Keough. And we hope that someone will be able to come forward with conclusive information about the murder. Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik was 26 when she disappeared in 1969; her body was found weeks later, Baltimore County Police exhumed the body of a priest for DNA testing in the case. So it probably wasn't the result of some random act of violence. The news shook a lot of people, to put it lightly. Just a few days before she vanished, the priest reportedly called her and, once again expressing his love, had asked her to marry him. Many believe a quiet cover-up orchestrated by the Catholic Church and . A little more digging brought with it the fact that neighbors had seen the car parked there since 10:30 p.m., though it had been in her assigned parking spot behind the building just two hours earlier (via Baltimore Sun). ', While the murder of Sister Cathy is in the forefront of the series, White noted that there were other crimes 'happening before and after, and still filter down to today and may be linked to her murder. The most terrifying though? Despite the time, speculation, and later surge of interest in the case, Catherine Cesnik's murder has still gone unsolved. Audiences reacted poorly to how cold, smarmy, and arrogant Sharon May appeared to be, and with good reason: they have every reason to believe she was very much involved in a cover-up for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, evident enough from her complete inaction throughout the case. Gemma Hoskins has helped dozens of victims get in touch with their investigators. Autopsy findings reportedly narrowed the time of death to between 4:30 a.m. and as late as 7:30 a.m. an hour after Krauseneck claimed to have left the house. Father Maskell was a counselor and chaplain at Archbishop Keough from 1967 to 1975. The theory that she was killed because she knew something about abuse that was going on by priests within the church continues to be a theory, but is not the only theory. RELATED:16 TV Shows Too Disturbing To Binge-Watch, Most dont believe Gerry Koob when he talks, but a member of the police force, Detective Roemer, claimed that Koob confessed to having a sexual relationship with Sister Cathy before her disappearance. The girl left but the next day, she later claimed, Maskell waved a gun at her, warning he'd kill her and her family if she revealed the abuse. Joseph Maskell knew that the victims of his abuse would want to talk (and that they were talking to Catherine Cesnik, at least), so he had to shut that down with violent threats. Father Maskell was a counselor and chaplain at Archbishop Keough from 1967 to 1975. The details go on, and none of them are pretty. ', 'Before I knew it, there was a big man on top of me and then I thought that would be it and another policeman came in and I could hear Maskell in the distance talking and laughing. Sister Cathy was a teacher at Archbishop Keough High School and went missing in Baltimore in 1969. The mutilated body of the 26-year-old teacher was found on January 3, 1970. One of the most frustrating aspects of being a true crime fan is dealing with endless cover-ups from authorities and government entities, like police and the FBI. Catherine Cesnik was born in 1942, she was a devoted catholic nun who taught drama and English at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, Maryland. It's been almost five decades since 26-year-old nun and teacher Sister Cathy Cesnik was senselessly murdered back in 1969 and to this day, those closest to her are still looking for answers . Well, for all the fans with remaining questions, there has been an update in the murder case. Eluding police questioning, Maskell eventually ran off to Ireland in 1994 to work as a priest. It started with a freelance journalist, Tom Nugent. . With that came the ominous warning "You see what happens when you say bad things about people?" Pamela Lynn Conyers, 16, was last seen at the shopping mall in Glen Burnie on October 16, 1970, police said. The Boston Archdiocese had been regularly making private settlements, paying for silence when it came to reports of abuse by priests. Giangrasso, pointing to the discovery of the car, and the fact that it was returned close to where Sister Cathy lived, theorized that the killer was someone who she knew and possibly whom she trusted. If the Archdiocese is willing to blatantly lie about this, what else are they lying about? When he was removed from the ministry he fled to Ireland, where he lived for a time before returning to the Baltimore area, according to police. One of the initial persons of interest was a Jesuit priest who had been romantically involved with the pretty nun, and had once asked her to marry him, before she took her vows. . This family evidence of anger problems, assaults on others, using a position of power over others to avoid punishment, and the assault on a young woman much like Sister Cathy all point towards a potential pre-existing rage in A. Joseph Maskell that nobody has ever explored. But I can whole-heartedly say, Cathy has been very much a part of all this.. They scared the living hell out of us.'. She was last seen just before leaving . Phillips never saw her roommate again after she left that evening, and even a store clerk couldn't confirm Cesnik's presence there that night. However, the material was never entered into evidence. A young, conspicuously attractive woman, 1 she connected with her students. Her life had been threatened and she had allegedly been abused by the priest. The current team of cold case detectives, assigned the Cesnik case in 2016, began discussing the exhumation of Maskell almost immediately, but it took time to get proper authorization. Locating that stash, investigators found, among other things, nude pictures of underage girls. As in, a three-year-old who remembers it. There might have been more going on here than just bad luck. But that lead didn't go anywhere. I'm not going to name names right now but they know stuff. Other times, he would arrange full pseudo brothels. Ryan White says hes seen a lot of people doubt whether the story is true at all, and insists that Koob is absolutely certain this happened, while the police are absolutely certain it did not. One of the students was actually there to talk about Maskell the night before Cesnik disappeared, only for Maskell himself to barge into the apartment. Joyce Helen Malecki, 20, disappeared from Harundale Mall a few days after Cesnik; her . Its possible Flaherty and Maskell had some deeper connection at the time that has simply been completely overlooked. Sister Cathy was a teacher at Archbishop Keough High School and went missing in Baltimore in 1969. Koob had an alibi for the night he'd been out at a movie with another priest and claimed not to know anything. [8], In 1995, Teresa Lancaster and Jean Wehner (ne Hargadon), former students at Keough who say they were sexually abused by Maskell, filed a lawsuit against him, the school, gynecologist Christian Richter, the School Sisters of Notre Dame, the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and William H. Keeler. [1] Her body was discovered on January 3, 1970, near a garbage dump in the Baltimore suburb of Lansdowne. Then there was a Baltimore gravedigger who told the police Maskell had ordered him to dig a hole in 1991 to bury files. So the case couldn't go forward. And the oldest was in her 20's.. But some thirty women soon came forward with accounts of sexual abuse at the school. Investigators dug up Maskell's grav to compare the DNA of Maskell, to evidence from the crime scene. Details. [4] Cesnik had three siblings. White is unconvinced that the DNA found at the scene on a cigarette butt would match A. Joseph Maskells DNA, but he remains positive that, eventually, someone will catch whoever murdered Sister Cathy and theyll finally figure out why. [7] She cashed a paycheck at First National Bank in Catonsville that night. Priests regularly got away scot-free. Advocates, filmmakers say they have not given up. Her cousin was soon to be married and Sister Cathy wanted to shop for an engagement gift, she told her roommate, Sister Helen Phillips, with whom she shared a small garden apartment in Southwest Baltimore, a blue-collar area of the city. Much like the government, the Catholic Church has their own internal system for keeping track of the people who make up their organization. A Warner Bros. Given that Catherine Cesnik actively fought against Joseph Maskell's abuse by standing up for the girls, as well as Maskell's propensity toward really terrible threats, it's easiest to assume that the motive for her murder laid somewhere in that area. In the 1990s, sexual assault and abuse allegations began to surface against Maskell, who had served as a chaplain at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore. Gerard Koob was an initial person of interest. Two women anonymous at the time but who later came forward as Jean Wehner and Teresa Lancaster came forward with allegations of abuse, saying he (and some of his associates) had assaulted them while they were students at Archbishop Keough (later Seton Keough) High School (via Baltimore Sun). (Aside from reports that Maskell invited uniformed officers to assault the girls). With new evidence cropping up recently, this article has been updated to reflect evenmorefacts and clues that the docuseries overlooked. Following her disappearance, investigators plotted her movements and determined she had cashed her $255 paycheck at a bank before heading to a small shopping center where she bought some baked goods. In only seven episodes, The Keepers covers a lot of ground, retreading the 1969 murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik and the gruesome allegations that shadowed it. Reunion on 'Blue Bloods', 'Sister Wives' Star Meri Brown Clarifies Her Sexuality After Split From Kody. Like a scene out of a horror movie, the high school junior was driven to a garbage dump by the school's 30-year-old spiritual counselor, Father Joseph Maskell - who died in 2001 - and reportedly told the 16-year-old student: 'You see what happens when you say bad things about people?'. (Handout photo courtesy of Netflix), Catherine Cesnik, a 26-year-old nun, disappeared after leaving her Southwest Baltimore apartment to go shopping in November 1969. It had to be somebody who knew her.'. I do believe in so many other things than I ever did before. Around 7:30pm on . Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik was 26 when she disappeared in 1969; her body was found weeks later. But when he was questioned by the police, he had an ironclad alibi for the night of Sister Cathy's disappearance. Though the documentary includes much of the story, director Ryan White doesnt include every piece of evidence, and some of the most crucial information gets left out. Stirred to action, the Police exhumed the remains of A. Joseph Maskell, the former priest accused of murdering Sister Cathy, and took a DNA sample to test against DNA found at the murder scene. She had moved to an apartment outside the convent with another nun and began teaching at Western High School in Baltimore on November 7, 1969, when she left her apartment to run an errand at Edmondson Village Shopping Center in Baltimore, according to Armacost. 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