Father Joseph Maskell Ireland
Did the archbishop of baltimore or anyone in baltimore archdiocese contact bishop brendan comiskey or anyone in ferns diocese about giving father maskell any kind of shelter.
Father joseph maskell ireland. 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. Father maskell died of a major stroke on may 7 2001 at the age of 62 seven years after escaping the archdiocese of baltimore and fleeing to ireland. His father died in 1963. He has never been officially charged with.
Mary s seminary in roland park for priesthood training. The health service executive is investigating the activities of us priest joseph maskell who fled to ireland following sex abuse allegations in baltimore. Sister cathy disappeared after a shopping trip and two months later her mutilated body was found in a garbage dump. In the keepers investigative journalist tom nugent says.
Joseph after graduating from calvert hall college high school maskell went to st. Maskell was an irish priest right out of the traditional working class irish american community. He was born anthony joseph maskell in baltimore city on april 13 1939 but chose to call himself joseph the same name as his brother and in. Father joseph maskell was the chaplain at a baltimore high school where sister cathy cesnik was a beloved teacher.
But it was later discovered that he fled to ireland. As first reported by the irish times father joseph maskell moved to ireland when those allegations first surfaced in the 1990s and now that country s health service executive is looking into. Maskell preferred to be called joseph in deference to st. Anthony joseph maskell was born in baltimore maryland to joseph francis maskell and susie helen jenkins and grew up in northeast baltimore.
In fact anthony was maskell s christian name. Joseph maskell worked in wexford for about seven months in 1995 as a temporary clinical psychologist for an irish public health board according to the national health agency there. Maskell escaped to co wexford in 1994.