Joseph Thomas "Tommy" Maskell. He was a wonderful priest and a loyal friend., Retired Maryland State Police Lt. Col. Jim Jones, former director of personnel, says that Maskell had done a terrific job as the chaplain for the State Police for more than decade: He was a wonderful priest, and he counseled many of our troopers and helped them a great deal.. He knew it from his many friends in the Baltimore Police, including his older brother Lieutenant Thomas (Tommy) Maskell, of the Baltimore City Police. I could help.I would know you to do, should you ask. A summary of the current laws and the local laws about homosexuality or other offences that were applicable to that country, in the event of a Priest or visiting Priest coming into contact with the local Police. And 35 years after Sister Cathy Cesniks body was found on the garbage dump at Lansdowne, the Baltimore County Police Departments Cold Case Squad is once again investigating her murder. And that was a shame, because Im sure Koob knew more than he was telling. Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik disappeared, on November 11, 1969. Described by students and fellow teachers alike as a dedicated, enthusiastic English and drama teacher, Cesnik had vanished on Nov. 7 during a brief, early evening trip to a shopping center about a mile from the Westgate apartment she shared with another Notre Dame nun, Sister Helen Russell Phillips. Father Joseph Maskell was capable of inspiring great loyalty, among his parishioners as well as among the police he worked with, Catholic Church officers and local politicians he befriended over the years. It reminds me of Donald J. Trump, the pu$$ie$-grabber-cum-president. Permission was granted and Cesnik moved into a two-bedroom apartment at the Carriage House on North Bend Road. . Timings seem off so thats probably nothing. Some do turn toward God. WE know now that one ring operated in the Wexford area, or the dioceses of Ferns. When asked about the possible connection between the killings, Baltimore-based FBI Special Agent Barry Maddox tellsCity Paperthat the Bureau didnt actually do the investigation into Joyce Maleckis death, but turned all of its information over to the nearby Anne Arundel County Police Department. Bud Roemer dating from around the time Cesnik and Malecki were murdered. A. Joseph Maskell -- had come up during their probe of the 25-year-old crime. And why would anyone believe that just because some people do horrible and despicable things to others and seemingly get away with their crimes. It was like bring a chocoholic to a chocolate factory, pedophilia is an addiction, its a person who craves or compulsively consumes children, both male and female. On May 17, the Baltimore Sun reported that his DNA did not match a sample that was taken. Words on a printed page can be corrupted by people in power who want to use those words to control a population. Do you have a reason to suspect she was having an affair with Magnus? I dont agree with a lot of what you think goes on in the documentary. The next morning, a Sunday, Capt. . But that same informationthat Father Maskell maintained close connections with high-ranking state, county, and city police officials throughout his . A person who feasts and binges on vulnerable children. Bishop Comiskey removed Fortune from Poulfor in 1987, and appointed him to another parish at Ballymurn, where there were further complaints. Baltimore Archdiocesan records confirm that alleged abuser-priest A. Joseph Maskell served at St. Clement (Lansdowne) from 1966 to 1968 and at Our Lady of Victory [located on nearby Wilkens Avenue, about three miles distant] from 1968 to 1970. The official Archdiocesan record continues: [Father Maskell] lived and assisted at St. Clement (Lansdowne) while serving at Archbishop Keough High School from 1970 to 1975., Clement Church is located less than a mile from where Cesniks body was found, in a very remote area. Sister Helen Russell was the murderer which is why she didnt contact the police. A few of the Irish Priests had returned to Ireland, burned out with their own multiple problems as Priests, shrugging with their faith, sex, their personal loneliness and life in general. These secret Societies of pedophiles even had their very own International Guide for all members, and their visitors. Private homes were normally used as where known friendly Motels and Hotels. You gotta remember, shed been laying out on the dump all this time, and the varmints had gotten to her, Roemer added. Every homicide cop has one case that haunts him to the end of his career, and Sister Cathy is mine, Roemer said. In his position as a Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Thomas Maskell was paid by the Catholic Church, his salary, home and office expenses were paid and he was in a unique position to manipulate the vulnerable children, that would be sent to him at the recommendation of say the local medical doctor, the local Priest or Bishop, as a first choice. So its clear to me that God would intervene when He wanted to. What you are saying is quite true. was filed in 1994, Doe began telling police and newspaper reporters alike about her alleged trip with Father Maskell to the garbage dump to view the body of the dead nun. There were credible reports from Florida that he, Father Donal Collins continued his rape of children while serving the local community as a Priest in Florida. His name was James Aloysius Maskell who dies in 1952. Mike graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute high school in 1956. . If you accept his version of events, then a look at the timeline would place Billy and Ronnie Schmidt in Cathy and Russells apartment at 8:30 pm. The police ultimately dismissed him as a serious suspect (Baltimore Police Department 1, Mandelbaum). A few of the homicide detectives, working on the case, suspected that Father Joseph Maskell committed the crime, in the murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik, but Father Joseph Maskell had deep connections with both his Church, the powerful Catholic Church and the four Police Departments he was Chaplin to locally. I pray every night of a resolution to Cathys murder as well as the Malakis. Remember you will see Him face to face. God loves you, but Satan hates you. Was there something more to Cathy and Russell than what is (or sint, actually) being discussed? Thats the only thing that makes sense, once you remember that her car was returned to her apartment complex after she was killed.. In 1998 Father Donal Collins was sentenced at Wexford Circuit Court to four years in prison and served only one year, for the rape and running the lives of dozens of boys. The third most important clergy in the Catholic charged with sexual abuse. Too many important people were going to go down if it the truth came out. I think they did it as a trickled down from the priests. Maybe I missed something but Cathy didnt know about Magnuss involvement right? Police say Cesnik was last seen at her apartment in Baltimore before she ran out for some errands "in the Edmondson Village area" one day in November 1969. Yet, He let His Chosen shepherds such as father Maskell raped and sexually abused those young and innocent girls under His watching eyes, with ease and got away with it. of website (they approve all websites), for more details simply search in gooogle: boorfes tips monetize your website, Pingback: The Keepers: Ive dealt with survivors and theyre sickened by the churchs response | Be In The Know. I wouldnt have thought it except apparently she was named as an abuser by a Keough girl in the Jane Doe/Roe trials. But one cant fail to see a bigger picture of mankind and what they can do to one another under the cover of religions. The Ferns Report heard how when one seminarian student was was raped went to Bishop Newman of Limerick to complain that Monsignor Michael Ledwith, vice-president of Maynooth Seminary College had raped him, Bishop Newman was so abruptly dismissive of the boy that the Bishop's own secretary suggested he go to see Cardinal Cathal Daly. So, this is my take on the murder. He tells The Keepers: "He used to come in ride-alongs. They have no qualms about using the church or any other strong organization that might be available to them. Gemma Hoskins, who would later enjoy a 30-year career as a public-school teachershe was Maryland Teacher of the Year in 1992remembers Cesnik as a deeply inspirational figure and a terrific teacher. He ruthlessly used his Priest Connections to secure his safety. Is there any connection with Billy Schmidt and Maskell? I didnt see that addressed in the Netflix series. of website (they approve all sites), for more info simply . Thomas Maskellhabitually engage in cunning, calculating, and conniving behaviour. And you can look our website about . Father Maskells friends suggested that Father Joseph Maskell had friends in Wexford and maybe that would be a better location for him. As a practicing Catholic, I am amazed how people seem to screw up something so powerful as the church. His older brother, Tommy Maskell, was a lieutenant with the Baltimore Police and became a local hero after surviving a gunshot wound suffered during a robbery call. Science has never been able to fully explain how their alleged big bang theory and evolution could possibly have evolved into life at the level we know it to be in this day and age so quickly from just a tiny microscopic being, or from monkey to man. Moments later, Roemer and several members of the M Squad climbed into one of the departments unmarked black Plymouths for the 20-mile ride to Lansdowne. I believe justice will prevail in the end. I think I can begin to live with that more easily now than I did two months ago, just loving you . Canon Martin Clancy victims were as young as 8 years of age. How had the dead womans Ford gotten back to her apartment complex? Donal Collins continued to rape children throughout that period in London 1966 to 1968 his was know at the time as his appointment as Principle St Peters Seminary College, in Wexford Town in 1988. Some possible solutions: You need to finish watching the doc- not only did the investigators find that the week Cathy was killed it was unusually warm, warm enough for maggots ( and maggots do fine outdoors), her autopsy revealed that she had maggots in her stomach and trachea which is where they would have moved once the the temps got colder in the weeks her body was out in the open after her death. And then jeering at them saying, You dont look like a Christian to me. So it becomes confusing. Early each morning during the school year, Cathy and her sisters left their familys modest bungalow at 1023 Downlook St. and walked half a mile to the tiny parochial school that adjoined St. Marys Assumption on 57th Street. But his hypothesis was contradicted by one troubling fact: The nuns car, a green 1969 Ford Maverick, had been parked near her Carriage House apartment complex only a few hours after she drove off to the shopping center. And the fact that the church did everything in their power to protect these monsters! The psychologist reported that trainee Priest, James Doyle "has had a history of auto-eroticism and homo- and heterosexual behaviour" and recommended he be moved away from his role working with young people. And one of them described to me how three or four girls who were being abused by this priest had gone to Sister Cathy for help. After seven years of study, she professed her final vows on July 21, 1967. James Maskell 1938. Koob and McKeon questioned Phillips about Cesniks shopping trip, and somewhere between midnight and 1 a.m. the three of them called the police and gave them a telephone report describing the nuns disappearance. You have immeasurable courage, and I hope this exposure, leads to those responsible being brought to justice, and at the very least, more scrutiny of those involved in the blatant and wilful effort to protect the church. . In episode 2 of the documentary, a student is taken to her body. Within a few months of his arrival in Dublin Ireland, Dr. Thomas Maskell under his real name opened an Bank Account at the A.I.B Bank in Dublin so that he Father Anthony Joseph Maskell could receive his Priestly Salary from the Archdioceses of Baltimore. The twig tied with yellow thread was placed on purpose on the cars steering wheel. For those of you who condemn Christianity based on your own experiences and the actions of some, I will tell you that the beautiful, helpful programs are out there and so are many self-sacrificing people who work tirelessly for the good of others. If a cover up appears to be happening it should be investigated by FBI (provided they are not corrupt too). Any children I might have could legally be taken from me. And what of the necklace itself-is it possible to get DNA off of it? I strongly believe she was murdered by Sister Helen Russell Phillips. On Nov.13, 1969,six days after Sister Cathy Cesnik vanished, not to be found murdered for two long months, a second young woman20-year-old Joyce Maleckiwas found strangled and stabbed to death in a small creek located on the U.S. Armys Fort Meade military base in Anne Arundel County, only a few miles from where Cesniks body would later turn up. It had been a busy week. 2. Instead, they told me that my best chance of finding the killer was to talk to the producers ofUnsolved Mysterieson television and try to get them interested in the case., After reviewing the new information uncovered byCity Paper,FBI spokesman Maddox concluded : All of these coincidences certainly rise to the level of possible significance for solving both killings. I dont think well ever find out what happened to Cathy but I know in my heart of hearts Maskell was the instigator. Since 1966 when he was a Teacher and later Principle in St. Peter's Seminary College, in Wexford Town. Striking her in the head, and while semi conscious, setting the murder scene as though Sister Cathy was a victim of an a sexual assault. However, I am rather dubious about Billy Schmidts nephew Brian who recalls (he was 4.5 years old at the time he was born in 1965) with clarity the events that may have something to do with Cathys death. (The FBI held the original jurisdiction on the Malecki case because the body was found on a government reservation.). True Christians have a desire to be pleasing to God and they want to grow spiritually but they can still say and do things that are at odds with their faith at times.because it is a growth process and in this lifetime no one reaches perfection. The need for this kind of role is pretty straightforward. if i, First tinge of fall. A hole like thatit looks to me like it couldve been made with a ball-peen hammer.He paused for a moment, as he recalled the still unsolved murder of Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik, whose body was discovered 35 years ago this month. Retired Baltimore County Police captain James Scannell (now deceased), who was the first officer on the scene when Sr Cathy's body was discovered, described Fr Maskell as a friend and fellow officer. Hundreds of people were scarred for life because of his depraved sexual whims. There is much to their arrangement that leads someone of my age and life experience to start questioning my inner gay-dar. But not everyone. Besides its probably going to be cheaper than the nursing home he is headed to soon. It doesnt make any sense to me. And the rest is history as the saying goes. But Ive never forgotten the sorrow everybody felt or the look of anguish on her fathers face.. A few years before Nicolas's murder trial in 1997, the prosecutor . There is no evidence that Pedoholics can be cured. So you might say Im moody. The Children were raped between1962 and 2002, many children that were raped remained anonymous to this day, a few died but told few at what happened to them as children at the hands of a ring of Irish Pedophiles. You lot of sycophants are all the same. Father Joseph . Brian, at the end of the tape, contradicts his story by stating that he never heard anyone talk about the murder after it happened, and that he was just a small kid who doesnt remember much about what happened after all?? In one of the most bizarre passages in the report, we are told how Mr John Jackman, a Knight of Columbanus and a lay person of some influence in the community, was approached by a Garda who was also a Knight, and asked if he could get Bishop Comiskey to persuade Fr James Grennan to stay away from the upcoming Confirmation. A priests ring would make a hole like that, if he hit her hard enough.. In 1955, two students at Archbishop Keough, Jean Wehner, and Teresa Lancaster reported that they were sexually abused by Father Joseph Maskell, a priest at Archbishop, and filed a case against him. The Catholic Church sits on over 50 miles of books, ancient scrolls, statues paintings and sculptures, and knowledge that they have stolen and hidden from the world. Joseph Maskell father, Joseph Francis Maskell was born in the city of Limerick in the West of Ireland and emigrated with his parents, Daniel and Hanna Maskell, to Ellis Island New York in 1898, before settling in Baltimore City, an area popular with Irish immigrants. Two paths in the yellow wood Seems like an odd poem to use as a eulogy. I write this but will always carry my faith in God,Jesus but not in the church. He had made a private settlement with a young man after allegations of sexual rape. A mothers quick trick but damaging to her crying childs early childhood mental developments. I looked up the weather for Baltimore Maryland for that date in November of 1969, and found there was no full moon to allow for target practicing in the woods. Married men were blackmailed into providing sexual favours. Joseph T. Maskell, a retired Baltimore police lieutenant who was shot in a 1964 robbery that began the notorious Veney brothers case, died of lung cancer April 10 at his Mount Washington. Very well written and thought-provoking. There was something wrong at the Catholic high school where Sister Cathy taught, Roemer said while reviewing evidence previously unknown to him. But many of the other participants in the abuse including possible cops have never been identified, though Baltimore Police say they're still investigating. As the commander of the "M Squad"the Major Crimes Investigative Unit at Baltimore County Police headquarters in Towsonhe was in charge of all criminal investigations involving murder, rape,. There is good and there is evil. He says they talked with Sister Helen and then phoned the police to report Cesnik as a missing person somewhere between midnight and 1 a.m. A few hours later, around 4 a.m., Father Koob took a walk with the other priest and blundered into Cesniks car near the Carriage House. What Roemer learned from the city detectives was also deeply troubling. I just hope it comes before everyone dies off or gets too old to remember. Science has not been able to explain how every embryo, from human to frog to fish looks exactly the same right up until a certain point where a tadpole tail becomes legs and toes fins become arms and fingers, gills become lungs. No concerns were raised when psychotherapeutic medications, like Prozac were used, the parents just took what the good Doctor prescribe for them and their children. They also confirmed that they had called Bud Roemer in October 2003 and discussed the case with him. Going after Maskell would mean violating the unwritten rules by which the police. Russells comment about that being her life then, versus her life now is quite consistent with comments Ive heard made by women who had gay relationships early on, but frightened by the possible consequences of the time, chose to find a man and play it straight. Sister Russell triggered all of the events, and her own testimony points to her as the person who controlled the reported timing of the events on the night of November 7, something that should always raise red flags. It seemed credible when I heard it, because the [police investigator] who told me about it said that the woman who was reporting the sexual abuse said that her abusers had taken her to see Cathys body, and that she knew details that had never been publicized.. So, before its too late please meditate on what youve been taught. After six months as. iamthehb 6 yr. ago That was kind of where I was going with it in my head. Pingback: The Keepers WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? No, there was something going on at that school, and it all came to a head. Why would Billy allow his nephew Brian to be a party of a heinous crime?? I dont know where you live, but I trust that wherever it is, you are able to exercise Free Choice. Mind you Maskell is an unusual Irish name, there are only about 14 Irish People with that last Irish name. For He did hear what sister Mary asked of Him. Dr. Thomas Maskell, clinical psychologist didnt tell Immigration controls that the purpose of his visit was to stay and work in Ireland, after all he was not Irish he was American. Am I perfect? Watch the video to hear CCA Managing Partner, Charles Maskell, Director, Timothy Or there could be a child that could have been born because of these manifestations. But why would Sister Russell have called you instead of the police after Cathy disappeared that night?, Roemer understood the reason better a few days later, after visiting Father Koobs residence at the Manresa Jesuit community. Its time to remind good-intention and warm-hearted Americans of the following common perceived threats: If we dont invade Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein, he will use his WMD on us. He could slip into but never struggled with his alter ego, even if one read about his life in Baltimore, both as a Priest and Priest Teacher, he always fancied himself as a Psychologist, we know this from the many Children now adults he raped, both in Baltimore, U.S.A. and Wexford, Ireland. That crime also has never been solved. I see you dont monetize your page, dont waste your traffic, you can earn additional cash every month because youve got high quality Another ring one operated North of the Irish Boarder, in Belfast. No. You can reach me at: The baffling crimes both remain unsolved to this day. And if they had, I wouldnt have done it. College Principle, Father Donal Collins did not dispute that he 'engaged in indiscreet and inappropriate conduct with young boys (rape) when asked. Bishop Brendan Comiskey, was a willing stooge, and a hopeless drunkard. Maskell live and worked in Ireland, he always received his Priest salary on a monthly basis. Edgar is still living, but whatever he remembers will stay with him until the end of his life. Jesus said that Gods people would perish from ignorance. Within a few minutes, Jesuit Father Gerard J. This is a fallen, evil, cursed, and corrupt world we live in. . Id seen a lot of violence during my years as a detective, and after a while you realize its just part of the job. Glad to have read your entry, Al. Fr James Doyle was charged and convicted of rape of a 12 year old boy in the early 1990s, and received a three-month suspended sentence. All the Wexford Pedophile Priests listed below had American connections and all travelled or worked in America. At other stages Bishop Eamon Casey, Cardinal Tomas O'Fiaich, Archbishop Desmond Ryan, Bishop Kevin McNamara, Bishop Brendan Comiskey, and his predecessor, Bishop Donal Herlihy, were all told of the rapes, but did nothing. It kind of reminds me of the three little monkeys you the ones Hear no evil see no evil say no evil.. Thats what the church makes me think of. So his Irish familys connections could say to the Irish Police in all honestly that Fr. Inside Baltimore regularly.Your writing style is awesome, keep up the good work! Joseph Maskell never travelled to the City of Limerick, he didnt want to, he knew that if the Baltimore Police were looking for him and they knew he travelled to Ireland, then it would be a safe bet that they would look at Limerick City and County. We called in the medical examiner and we asked for an autopsy right away. So now I transpose my life-knowledge on to Cathy Cesniks case, and I ask why Billy Schmidts sexual preference hasnt been discussed as a possibility for his being roped into killing Cathy. But they cannot account for the fact that Baltimore County Police officials in 1994 were quoted as saying that Doe had described details about the dump that had never been made public before. Along with their usual caseload of tavern stabbings and liquor store holdups, the dozen officers in the M Squad had been doing their best to help out with a continuing Baltimore City Police investigation into the strange disappearance of youthful teaching nun, Sister Cathy Cesnik, two months before. I thought the same thing as soon as I watched that scene and I cant get it out of my mindalso do we know who was driving the vehicle of the officer that was first on the scene-something didnt sit right about his countenance. How can I help? He knew how to detect and manipulate the vulnerable childs vulnerabilities, ruthlessly. One former student later recounted in aCity Paperinterview how she had gone to Cesnik for help after being abused by a priest at Keough, but the most startling evidence comes from now-retired Sister Mary Florita, a former School Sisters of Notre Dame teaching nun. So whether she was raped or sexually molested, I dont know. People who choose to do evil things will happily use anything to conceal and/or protect themselves. After subsequent complaints that he had attempted to rape hitchhikers, and that he had raped an altar boy, Bishop Donal Herlihy sent him for a psychologist's assessment. That dump was difficult to get to, if you didnt know your way around, and the nun did not vanish until after dark.. According to the lawsuit, the abuser had been the school chaplain, a Diocesan priest named A. Who really thinks that everyone who attends or belongs to a Christian Church is a true Christian by definition and that Christianity should be judged thereby? Wouldnt her friend have !mentioned this?? Neither those books that asserted Jesus was not a deity but discarded by them less words of God, had the bishops applied a consistent assessment of their historical value. Theres just too many loose ends that will never be tied together to solve this crime. Excellent Netflix Documentary. Ireland at the time was soon to begin to explode with the Clerics sex scandals of the Irish Catholic Church. 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The Holy Spirit made it possible to let the world know Jesus is God. I often visit your website and have noticed that you dont update it often. Did police interrogate Russell or search the apartment she shared with Sister Cathy? Resorting to sarcasm is simply a form of intelligence deficiency as well as ad hominem. I personally dont place a lot of importance on Edgar driving Cathys car with two feet, as the detective says. We are almost done with the reign of Lucifer, the prophecies in the Bible are coming true every day that predict the final showdown between Christ and Lucifer. Change). Once a pedophile always a pedophile. This week, the last two officers still fighting the charges - Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor - were found . The Antidepressants were used to treat depression, anxiety in the vulnerable children. I admire the courage of Sister Cathy and the women who came forward to try to correct this horrific injustice. 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