The Keepers

In 1992, one survivor finds the strength to face the abuse she suffered and to disclose an appalling threat that frightened her into silence.

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when one Keough student came forward with allegations of sexual abuse

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-[Greg] Hurry up. Hurry up. -[woman 1] Hurry up.

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He asked me what was my name and could he look at me.

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And so I pulled out the yearbook.

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but I was a grown woman who had a sense of who I was.

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And at that first meeting with him, Rick Woy held a manila folder.

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The church records are a little vague. We've been calling them the mystery years.

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And he wanted me to point to somebody in a yearbook.

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the archdioceses told Maskell that he needed to go to a hospital

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And he said, "I'm not here for depression. I had sex with a 14-year-old.

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And I was very aware that I did not want to contaminate

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and to ensure that this didn't happen to anybody else.

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As you looked more and more in the newspapers,

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Maskell was...

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[Greg] There's times where we'd come home and my dad would be running cover.

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And Maskell saying:

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and I doubt that there are people who will believe... now.

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approached them with a startling story."

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[Abbie] Father Maskell...

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said a lot of things about this man, Joseph Maskell.

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So, my wife, she says, "Well, I'm an alumni of Seton,

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And why should I talk to you?"

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One day, my mom had gone through my purse

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and told them that he was gonna take the girls out for a Halloween...

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But I ended up getting married

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-[woman 9] ...between '68... -[woman 7] ...and 1975.

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It just seems like this would have been the place where you would--

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and opened one of the boxes and looked at the documents.

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