John J. Geoghan (c. 1935 - August 23, 2003) was a key figure in the Roman Catholic sex abuse cases that rocked the Boston Archdiocese in the 1990s and 2000s, and eventually led to the resignation of Boston's archbishop, Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, on December 13, 2002. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Allegations of sexual abuse of children have been made against a variety of religious groups including but not exclusively Roman Catholic priests monks and nuns Bernard Francis Law (born 4 November 1931 in Torreón Mexico) is an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
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Career Summary
Geoghan was a graduate of Cardinal O'Connell Seminary, and was ordained in 1962. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
He was assigned successively to Blessed Sacrament parish, Saugus; St. Bernard’s parish, Concord; St. Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. Paul's parish, Hingham; St. Hingham is a town in Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U Andrew's parish, Jamaica Plain; St. Jamaica Plain, commonly known as JP, is a historic neighborhood of 4 Brendan’s parish, Dorchester; and finally St. Dorchester is a neighborhood of Boston Massachusetts. It is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which Julia’s parish, Weston. Weston is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States in the Boston metro area
With each new assignment, he was eventually moved to another parish following accusations of child molestation. Child sexual abuse is a form of Child abuse in which a child is abused for the sexual gratification of an adult or older adolescent He was unsuccessfully treated for his pedophilic sexual impulses by psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in private practice, as well as at St. The term pedophilia or paedophilia has a range of definitions as found in Psychology, law enforcement and the popular vernacular Psychoanalysis is a body of ideas developed by Austrian physician Sigmund Freud and his followers which is devoted to the study of human psychological functioning and behavior Psychotherapy is an Interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained psychotherapists to aid clients in problems of living Luke’s Institute, Maryland; the Institute of Living, Hartford; and Southdown Institute, Ontario. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec
He eventually took up residence at the Regina Cleri residence for retired priests.
Sex Abuse
Over a 30-year career in six parishes, Geoghan was accused of sexual abuse by more than 130 people. Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual acts by one person upon another Charges were brought in Cambridge, Massachusetts, concerning accusations of a molestation that took place in 1991. Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. Child sexual abuse is a form of Child abuse in which a child is abused for the sexual gratification of an adult or older adolescent Geoghan was defrocked in 1998. To defrock, unfrock, or laicize a minister or Priest is to remove their right to exercise the functions of the priestly office He was found guilty in January 2002 of indecent assault and battery for grabbing the buttocks of a 10-year-old boy in a swimming pool at the Waltham Boys and Girls Club in 1991, and was sentenced to nine to 10 years in prison. January 2002: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of
The trial included testimony from the victim; from a psychiatrist, Dr. "Testify" redirects here For other uses see Testify (disambiguation and Testimony (disambiguation. Edward Messner, who treated Geoghan for his sexual fantasies about children from 1994-1996; and from Archbishop Alfred C. See Fantasy for an account of the literary genre involving the development of common or popular fantasies Hughes, who testified that he banned Geoghan from the swimming club after a complaint that he had been proselytizing and had had prurient conversations there. Proselytism is the practice of attempting to convert people to another opinion and particularly another religion
After initially agreeing to, and pulling out of, a $30 million settlement with 86 of Geoghan's victims, the Boston archdiocese settled with them for $10 million, and is still negotiating with lawyers for other victims. For other uses of settlement including legal uses see Settlement. The most recent settlement proposed is $65 million for 542 victims. For other uses of settlement including legal uses see Settlement. The settlements are being made because of evidence that the archdiocese had transferred Geoghan from parish to parish despite warnings of his behavior. Evidence also arose, as a result of allegations against Geoghan, that the archdiocese displayed a pattern of shipping other priests to new parishes when allegations of sexual abuse were made.
Two other cases were charged against Geoghan in Boston's Suffolk County. Suffolk County is a County of Massachusetts. As of 2000 the population was 689807 One case was dropped without prejudice when the victim decided not to testify. In the second case, two rape charges were dismissed by a judge after hotly contested arguments because the statute of limitations had run out. Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person A statute of limitations is a Statute in a Common law Legal system that sets forth the maximum period of time after certain events that legal proceedings The Commonwealth's appeal of that ruling was active at the time of Geoghan's death, and remaining charges of indecent assault in that case were still pending at that time. In Law, an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision
Murder
On August 23, 2003, while in protective custody at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts, Geoghan was trapped in his cell, strangled and stomped to death by Joseph Druce, a self-described white supremacist and fellow inmate already serving a sentence of life without possibility of parole for killing a man who allegedly made a sexual pass at him after picking Druce up hitchhiking. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Protective custody is a type of imprisonment (or care to protect a prisoner (or other person from harm either from outside sources or other prisoners Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center is a maximum security Prison located at MCI Shirley in Shirley, Massachusetts, United States Shirley is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Joseph Druce (born 1965 as Darren Smileage is a convicted Murderer best known for having killed John Geoghan - the former Roman Catholic priest who was White supremacy is a racist ideology based on the assertion that White people are superior to other racial groups. The whole life tariff is a mechanism in British law whereby a Prisoner is sentenced to remain in prison until his or her death. Hitchhiker Program Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing, hitching, autostop or thumbing up a ride) is a means of Transportation An autopsy revealed the cause of death to be "ligature strangulation and blunt chest trauma. An autopsy, also known as a post-mortem examination, necropsy, or obduction, is a Medical procedure that consists of a thorough Examination This list shows causes of Human Deaths worldwide for a single year 2002 arranged by the associated Mortality rate. Treatment of physical trauma is described here and in First aid. " There have been questions raised about the wisdom and propriety of placing these two men in the same unit, since prison officials had been warned by another inmate that Druce had something planned. [1]
A Worcester, Massachusetts jury found Druce guilty of first-degree murder on January 25, 2006, after the jury rejected his insanity defense. Worcester (ˈwʊstɚ is a City in the state of Massachusetts in the United States of America. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. In Criminal trials the insanity defenses are possible defenses by Excuse, an Affirmative defense by which Defendants argue that The next day, Druce was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a second time.
A video, which shows guards trying to open the wedged shut prison door where the murder was occurring, was released on YouTube in June 2007. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees June 2007 is the sixth month of that year It began on a Friday and 30 days later ended on a Saturday. Officials don't know how the video, taken from jail surveillance systems, came to be publicly released. Surveillance is the monitoring of Behavior. Systems surveillance is the process of monitoring the behavior of people objects or processes within systems for conformity [2]
See Also
References
- bostonglobe "Boston Globe". "Geoghan ruling sparks anger: Alleged victims protest erasure of conviction" September 27, 2003, Kathleen Burge
See also
- Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal
- Roman Catholic priests accused of sex offenses
- Crimen sollicitationis
- Pontifical Secret
- Deliver Us from Evil (2006 film)
- Sex Crimes and the Vatican (Panorama Documentary Episode)
- Barbara Blaine founder of SNAP (Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests)
External links
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