(Photo: Teresa Lancaster) Donna VonDenBosch, a nurse practitioner student in Reading, Pennsylvania, attended Keough from 1970-1973. Jean was born January 16, 1936 at home in Rexburg, ID to Emma Elizabeth and Hyrum Albert Brower. I didn't have that 40 years ago or 20-something years ago. Jean Sundgaard Wehner, age 93, passed away on January 3, 2020 after a prolonged illness. After a period of declining health, Gilbert Louis Wehner passed away peacefully on April 21, 2010 in Oxnard, CA at St. John’s Regional Medical Center. Teresa Lancaster and Jean Wehner were students at Keough and were also sexually abused by Maskell and filed a lawsuit against the school in 1995 which was dismissed under the Statute Of Limitations (Doe/Roe v A. Joseph Maskell et al.) Your IP: 109.238.14.78 One woman, a Jane Doe who later made her identity public as Jean Wehner, fought for years to have her accusations taken seriously. If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. Mr. Wehner was born on February 15, 1937 in New Haven a son of the late Edward William Sr. and Dorothy (Lyons) Wehner. She married Philip Wehner in 1943 and after graduating from college and during the first years of her marriage she was employed by Penn Mutual Insurance Co. and Roycemore Toiletries, Inc. During a period of 20 years when she and her family lived in Toms River, NJ., she was instrumental in bringing a YMCA to that community. Please enable Cookies and reload the page. According to the Archdiocese's website, about a year passed before Maskell was fired. BURLINGTON - Lucille L. Wehner, 89, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2004, at Harbor House in Lake Geneva. Wehner said that Cesnik once came to her and said gently, "Are the priests hurting you?" She was born September 20, 1914, in Beloit, Kan. to Francis and Anna (nee: Schwerman) Gable. It must have been a major comfort to have a husband and family that was supportive during that time. Margaret will be missed by her two daughters, Donna Lee (Wehner) Saccu and her husband Daniel S. Saccu, Jr. of Bristol, and Mary Jean (Wehner) Lombardi-Morin and her husband Patrick Morin of New Britain. But, as seen in the series, one person who never doubted Jean Wehner was her husband, Mike. ... Nine siblings, a million cousins, children, a husband … WEHNER , Mike A. Jean Hargadon Wehner: Statement Read and Filed during Settlement Mediation. According to the Archdiocese of Baltimore's website, "Maskell was removed from ministry and referred for evaluation and treatment. • She married Edward T Wehner on April 21, 1956 in Evanston, Wyoming. The victimization of the survivors was so hard to watch. ", Wehner told Baltimore reporter Ted Nugent for his blog Inside Baltimore that the church frustrated her during this time. Thomas George Wehner, age 73, passed away unexpectedly in his home on July 9, 2020. Months later, Cathy was discovered dead in a barren field, apparently because she was going to expose Maskell. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. Viewers of The Keepers do not fondly reflect on Sharon May, the prosecutor in charge of the Maryland State Attorney’s… Teresa Lancaster, a Baltimore-area lawyer, attended Keough from 1968-1972. ... Jean explains that she was terrified to tell her husband about it. Her Late Husband Died When She Was in Her 30s From Cancer. According to Wehner, she disclosed the abuse she was enduring to Cathy in 1967. But in the 90s, her experience in coming forward involved lawyers, depositions and eventually a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge refusing to allow her lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Baltimore to go forward. In 1994, Jean Wehner told police that she had been sexually abused by Father Joseph Maskell when she was just 14. When Jean decided to come forward in 1992 to accuse Father Joseph Maskell of abuse, she told the Huffington Post that it was a difficult process. Her family moved to St. Paul Minnesota when she was 4 years old and she attended St Paul public schools, graduating from Marshall High School in January 1944. Sadly, Mike Wehner died in 2007, and his obituary in … Jean graduated from Ben Lomond High School in Ogden, UT with the first graduating class in 1954. • These days, Jean works as a life coach. In a statement to Bustle, the Archdiocese now acknowledges the allegations against Maskell: Now, Jean Wehner is a life coach according to her personal website and gains strength and motivation from the other women who have come forward. Every step of the way is a tremendous struggle, but I get healthier and healthier.". as they stood over Sister Cathy's body. ... One night, Barbara says, her then-husband Ronnie came home covered in blood. Wehner told the Huffington Post, "I now have this communal sense of, 'We believe you. She was born July 23, 1926 in Detroit Michigan to Helen and Henry J. Sundgaard. Abuse survivor Jean Hargadon Wehner composed the following Statement during her settlement mediation with the Archdiocese of Baltimore last November. "Their refusal to acknowledge — or act on — the information I gave them was very painful at the time and traumatized me all over again.". She started to remember the [alleged] sexual abuse in bits and pieces, beginning in 1992," Laura Bassett wrote in the Huffington Post article. All rights reserved. “I entered into this mediation with the AOB with two of my heart’s desires in mind. In the second episode … (Photo: Jean Wehner) Area newspapers followed the case closely. She married Edward T Wehner on April 21, 1956 in Evanston, Wyoming. A seven-part docuseries about the unsolved murder of a nun and the horrific secrets and pain that linger nearly five decades after her death. As a freshman at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, Maryland, she prayed before deciding to tell a parish priest about the sexual abuse she’d suffered as a child. One of the main ways Mike supported his wife during their marriage was by standing by her through a period of intense scrutiny. MACON CHRONICLE-HERALD, Macon, Missouri, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005 LOIS JEAN WEHNER Lois Jean Wehner, 74 of New Cambria, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at her home. Her website … Performance & security by Cloudflare, Please complete the security check to access. Sister Catherine Cesnik's sister Marilyn Radakovic breaks her silence on the nun's mysterious unsolved murder in Baltimore — and Netflix's The Keepers I was really impressed with Jean Wehner’s husband, too. Jean Wehner in 1970. He graduated as valedictorian from Ste Genevieve High School in 1935. Some of these women who accused the priest are now telling their stories via Netflix's The Keepers — opening up their lives to recount their claims of horrific abuse. Jean Sundgaard Wehner Oxnard - Jean Sundgaard Wehner, age 93, passed away on January 3, 2020 after a prolonged illness. He was born on April 1, 1918 in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri to August P. and Marguerite Wehner. We trust you.' I say this with confidence after surviving the loss of our first child, the death of my In the late 1960s and 1970s, a Catholic priest allegedly sexually abused several students at Keough High School. But, as seen in the series, one person who never doubted Jean Wehner was her husband, Mike. She Works as a Life Coach. For Jean Hargadon Wehner, that time ended a long time ago. He was born into this world on November 24, 1946, in St. Louis, MO, to Joseph and Jean Wehner, and he was baptized as an infant into the Catholic faith that he actively practiced his entire life. Wehner, Gilbert Louis Oxnard. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. ... Singer, 34, and husband … She was born July 23, 1926 in Detroit Michigan to Helen and Henry J. Sundgaard. When the church reps implied the victims were to blame for not stopping the abusers, I really wanted to throw something at the screen. Jean Hargadon Wehner’s abuse began with confession. She had no abuse memories until she reach adulthood, but beginning in 1981, the year after the publication of Michelle Remembers (the first blockbuster book about repressed memories and satanic … OGDEN – Veda Jean Wehner, 75, passed away Monday, August 29, 2011 at her home while in the company of her family. "The Archdiocese continued to seek information about Maskell and when additional individuals came forward in 1994 to accuse Maskell he was permanently prohibited from public ministry," their website reads. The star of The Keeper series is Jean Hargadon Wehner, known as “Jane Doe” in the dismissed lawsuit, who was a student at Keough High School, a private Catholic school, from 1967 to 1971. But still: Jean Hargadon Wehner’s macabre description in the final minute of episode 2, complete with black-and-white reenactment, of an afternoon in November 1969, is heart-in-your-throat TV. Beloved husband of Jean M. Wehner (nee Hargadon); loving father of Gregory A. Wehner (Rebekah), Sarah Wehner … She claims she was abused by Maskell and others. He denied the allegation, underwent months of evaluation and treatment, and was returned to ministry in 1993 after the Archdiocese was unable to corroborate the allegation of sexual abuse. Jean was born January 16, 1936 at home in Rexburg, ID to Hyrum Albert Brower and Emma Elizabeth Winn. With Gemma Hoskins, Abbie Schaub, Virginia Anzengruber, Jean Hargadon Wehner. The Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, February 26, 2005 at the St. Mary's of the Angels Catholic Church in Wien. She and Teresa Lancaster managed to pick the right partners. He was the husband of Margaret-Ellen (Kearney) Wehner. On May 26, 2007, MIKE A. WEHNER, of Elkridge, MD. 2021 Bustle Digital Group. https://diplomatsdigest.com/2019/03/27/wcw-jean-wehner-is-my-hero According to Inside Baltimore, Wehner continued to speak up about her allegations and was awarded a $50,000 settlement from the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 2017 — though her attempt to prosecute her alleged abuser in the '90s was unsuccessful due to the statute of limitations expiring. ... Also in February, an unidentified woman told CBS Baltimore she believed her husband, a friend of Maskell's, committed the murder. Jean Hargadon Wehner, one of the most outspoken women against the priest, also discusses a Brother Bob in The Keepers. The Keepers is a seven-episode American documentary web series that explores the unsolved murder of nun Catherine Cesnik in 1969. Thanks, Jean! Cloudflare Ray ID: 6282a707c8123313 Jane Doe is Jean Hargadon Wehner. "), Initially, Wehner's allegations didn't result in a permanent end to Maskell's ministry career. My aunt was friends with "Jane Doe," who was a woman named Jean Wehner, but did not know that Jean had this horrific past. Jean Wehner said he drove her to the site and whispered: 'You see what happens when you say bad things about people?' It is absolutely untrue. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the Chrome Web Store. Jean Wehner of 'The Keepers.' She was 20 years old. She was 20 years old. Her husband may have passed on, but Wehner has a community standing behind her — and that has to feel good. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. "Wehner said that for decades, she had buried most of her memories of what went on at Keough.