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. And to end. [5], In the fall of 1969, Cesnik was teaching drama and English at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, Maryland,[6] a school for girls that had opened in 1965. It's hard to say what's true. It was thrown out on a technicality, according to Huffpost. The case made against Joseph Maskell in the 1990s didn't actually last. Viewers of The Keepers do not fondly reflect on Sharon May, the prosecutor in charge of the Maryland State Attorneys Office Sex Abuse Unit. I always felt like there was some reason for me to be here and I didn't know what it was. The exhumation of a Catholic priests body by Baltimore County Police could hold the key to solving the 47-year-old cold case of a murdered nun. Two months later, her body was found in a frozen field in Baltimore County. Still a mystery. 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. Jean claims that Father Maskell took her to Sister Cathy's body and said to her, "See what happens when you say bad things about people.". 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. What the show doesnt touch on, however, is Koobs supposed relationship with Sister Cathy. 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 . Its important to take this confession from Koob with a grain of salt, as he is proven in the show to be less than the most reliable of witnesses, but, as White says, I dont know where the truth lies.. It started with a freelance journalist, Tom Nugent. According to police, Joyce Helen Malecki, 20, disappeared from a shopping mall only days after Cesnik on November 11, 1969, in Glen Burnie, a suburb of Baltimore. Hoskins did write about her theory on the killer in her book "Keeping On: How I came To Know Why I Was Born.. The service at the at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pinehurst, North Carolina lasted 1 hour. While the case remains open, allegations of sexual abuse by Father Maskell, and Sister's Cathy's plan to blow the whistle along with a possible cover up by the Catholic Church with close ties to law enforcement are at the heart of the horrendous case. The call led Hoskins and Keough graduate, Abbie Schaub, to start their own research into Sister Cathy's murder. 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. Despite the time, speculation, and later surge of interest in the case, Catherine Cesnik's murder has still gone unsolved. However, theres even more to the story to be considered: Sharon Mays husband used to be a state cop. (just outside Baltimore), covered in snow and partially hidden by a nearby embankment. Nearly 10 years ago the filmmakers started to meet with her; this was long before Netflix got involved. May 19, 2017. But now, because of witness testimony, and a multi-part documentary about the Cesnik murder to be aired on Netflix beginning on May 19, there is hope that her killer may be identified and the case finally be put to rest. She was last seen just before leaving . The news shook a lot of people, to put it lightly. 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. ', They were told to 'stop harassing him,' he said. Investigators didn't really buy that, thinking that he knew more than he let on, but the church forced them to stop searching. appreciated. 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. ', The comments below have not been moderated, By [deleted] 6 yr. ago. November 1969: Sister Cathy Cesnik disappears. RELATED:10 Best True Crime Shows On Netflix. CNN reported in 2017 that police had the okay to exhume his body for DNA testing, but even then, the DNA wasn't a match with what was found at the crime scene. In 2004, a retired Baltimore homicide detective told the Baltimore City Paper that the church lawyers had 'stepped in and they talked to the higher-ups at the police department. But it's not the only theory. [13][14] Police spokeswoman Elise Armacost announced that this discovery does not exclude Maskell from being a suspect in the case. But that lead didn't go anywhere. On May 17, the Baltimore Sun reported that his DNA did not match a sample that was taken. 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. After the complaints were made to the archdiocese, Maskell was temporarily removed from his post at the school for psychological evaluation. However, White did still get to talk to them he even got to talk to the anonymous student he mentions in the series. She taught English and ran the drama club. ', The cop, who died in 2009, said it was a shame because he was certain the priest 'knew more than he was telling. 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). 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. Joyce Helen Malecki, 20, disappeared from Harundale Mall a few days after Cesnik; her . Father Neil Magnus Is A Possible Suspect On 'The Keepers'. Either she or Phillips would always make to stop on every second Friday to cash their paychecks. Determining whether Maskells DNA matches the evidence remaining from the crime scene is a box that must be checked, said Armacost. 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. She Was Found Fatally Beaten Two Months After Disappearing in 1969. 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. It would be two months later, on January 3, 1970, that a couple of hunters came upon Sister Cathy's decomposed, frozen and mutilated body, and notified police. Outwardly, it seemed like there was little wrong with him. A lack of information about his life at the time has made deeper research difficult; however, viewers now know that Robert Flaherty was accused in a separate sex abuse scandal, as well. ', He claimed that the detectives were told to either charge the priest 'or let him go. They revealed themselves in "The Keepers" thanks to documentary filmmakers Ryan White and Jessica Hargrave. The women have since been more vocal about the abuses they suffered at Joseph Maskell's hands, and all the stories are universally awful (via Huffpost). Her body was found January 3, 1970. A 1994 story in the Baltimore Sun, revealed that she had information about Cesnik's murdered condition, such as the maggots on her face, known only to the cops. May 19, 2017. Part 1 - Victim Featured in The Keepers Tells Story of Survival in New Book, Part 2 - Attorney Believes Criminal Charges A Possibility in Sex Abuse Investigation. On November 7, 1969, 26-year-old Sister Catherine Cesnik vanished. Police have also looked into whether Cesniks death is related to the deaths of three other young women in the Baltimore area around the same time. Because the federal government keeps stalling and refusing to release information under the FOIA regarding Joyce Maleckis murder, there are likely countless pieces of possibly helpful evidence related to the homicides of both Joyce Malecki and Sister Cathy. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Baltimore Sun explained that Rev. (Cesnik) was a nun. I can still feel her touch my cheek, said Hargadon-Wehner, in a recent interview. There were actually six different murders that might all be connected with each other three teenage girls, a teenage boy, Cesnik, and Joyce Malecki. Maskell's DNA did not match the forensic profile from 1970, although investigators noted that this . In 2017, Netflix released an original documentary called The Keepers which reignited interest in the unsolved murders of Sister Cathy Cesnik and Joyce Malecki in 1969. He was said to have allowed girls at the school to talk about sex and drugs in his office, and even permitted alcohol and cigarettes during gatherings in his rectory living quarters. Cesnik went missing on the night of Nov. 7, 1969 after stopping by a local shopping center to pick up buns from a bakery, cash a check and buy an engagement present for her sister, the Sun . Supposedly, according to White and Jean Wehner, the Archdiocese opened an investigation into A. Joseph Maskell, and so, those records should exist. So-called Grandma Nancy Drew Gemma Hoskins has spent years asking for the federal case files on Joyce Maleckis murder. Feb 7, 2019 - Justice for Sister Cathy . ', He theorized that because there had been no signs of a struggle, 'it looked too clean. According to Armacost, Baltimore County police in 1994 took the alleged victims statement seriously and interviewed Maskell, himself once the chaplain for the Baltimore County Police and other area law enforcement agencies. Sister Catherine 'Cathy' Cesnik, a pretty and popular 26-year-old nun who taught at an all-girls Catholic school in Baltimore, was last seen by her roommate, another nun, going off to shop on the evening of Friday November 7, 1969. Detectives investigating her death believe she may have encountered her murderer outside her apartment since her car was found parked in the complex the day after her disappearance. The mutilated body of the 26-year-old teacher was found on January 3, 1970. Many people first met Gemma Hoskins through her appearance on "The Keepers," a 2017 Emmy-nominated Netflix docuseries, that focused on the death of Sister Cathy Cesnik and cases of sexual abuse at . It was no wonder that in the wake of the news, the students were all quietly shocked, worried that the police might stop looking for her. [6] Residents at the apartment complex noticed Cesnik in her car at approximately 8:30 that night, and others spotted her car illegally parked across the street about two hours later. All six murders are still unsolved, so technically, the similarities could just be coincidence, but despite the lack of evidence, experience tells investigators that there's some connection. Discovery Company. And she has not stopped looking into the murder of her former teacher. There is even more to this than meets the eye; White said there are about thirty-five other survivors just like her, and more reaching out all the time. Later in 1994, authorities exhumed boxes Maskell had buried in a Baltimore cemetery and found one to contain child pornography. I think it's pretty undeniable by the end of The Keepers that they are, and Jean is the nexus of that, White said. 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). So it probably wasn't the result of some random act of violence. So we didn't want to set that as our bar, Hargrave said. Stories shared by Capital Gazette showed that Cesnik was thought of fondly by all the people she'd worked with, despite being a teacher at Western High School for only a couple months. With new evidence cropping up recently, this article has been updated to reflect evenmorefacts and clues that the docuseries overlooked. Cesnik, a 26 . A writ of certiorari was granted by the Maryland Court of Appeals, which upheld the lower court decision, ruling in part, "that the mental process of repression of memories of past sexual abuse does not activate the discovery rule. The Maryland Attorney Generals office has been investigating sexual abuse in the catholic church for nearly four years. Copyright 2022 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. But that charming faade was shattered in 1992. They scared the living hell out of us.'. The same happened in 1994. NEXT:10 Creepy Documentaries To Watch If You Loved The Keepers. On November 7, 1969, Cesnik disappeared. But, somehow, that evidence vanished, never making it to court. After that, it seemed like she paid a visit to Muhly's Bakery inside the Hecht Company store in Edmondson Village. 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. But, on top of that, she had a natural gift for teaching. One of the friends Helen Phillips had called upon, Koob had been dating Catherine Cesnik at the time. An undated photo of Sister Cathy Cesnik, whose body was found at a dumping area Jan . I think this is it, Hoskins said, in a recent interview. Oddly, her Ford Maverick, which she had recently purchased, was found just a block from her apartment parked illegally in a no parking area and unlocked. Source:https://www.spreaker.com/user/americancrimecast/sistercathy-1Join Gemma Hoskins and Shane Waters in this new podcast series about the unsolved murder . Its possible Flaherty and Maskell had some deeper connection at the time that has simply been completely overlooked. 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