What do you think happened?

Why is Maskell guilty? Sister Cathy had nothing on him that could have ruined his career or got him arrested.

In 1970 a person making such accusations against a priest was viewed as negatively as the person accused of abuse. It would have been hard to get witnesses to come forward that would have made her accusations more credible.

Maskell had little to fear from one powerless nun(former nun) and former teacher at that school making accusations based on hearsay or second hand information. I do not see the motive for killing her.

Actually the Baltimore PD had a piece of evidence (Cigarettes I think) with DNA on it - and the FBI had DNA and Fingerprints that they haven't even checked yet. So there is more work to be done, more clues and leads to follow. The problem is this is an OLD case and most of the suspects are dead - you would have to excavate their bodies to look into this...

So sad this investigation was cleared up long ago.

I agree the series was excellent!

with the advent of geneological dna matching, they can probably home in on the killer readily. i agree that maskell is the likely kingpin, because he was certainly capable of having it done, or doing it, also with a very strong motive.

the way the nun's priest boyfriend handled it the night she went missing was very curious, you wonder if he was perhaps intimidated or simply a coward, knowing who he was up against.

the series was extraordinary in digging up so much dirt on the characters around the school, the diocese, the rotten collusion between maskell & pd & assorted creeps he someone gathered to himself. how did these people find each other?

the church let in a generation of vipers, the cost of which has been the complete loss of trust people in general, at least, hold toward priests. the celibacy thing is no longer viewed as some form of special sacrifice of chastity, now seen more as a ruse or an excuse for closeted gays or something much darker.

happy hunting ladies!

When you say she "knew" to what extent was that? From things some of girls told her? They are more credible coming from the girls directly. She did not witness actual sex between the priest and girls. She could only assume it happened.

She did not have the power or capability to destroy this priest and most likely it is her credibility that would have been destroyed by the time the church got done with her.

She would tell the police? Maskell was a police Chaplin. They would not arrest him. She had no real evidence to share with them.

Threatened to tell the archdiocese? We know their history of doing nothing.

To this point there is no evidence that points toward Maskell. Just the sensational view that he was motivated to harm her based what she might say. It sounds sensational and emotional. Heroic nun murdered by dirt ball priest! Just no facts to back that up.

To this point we have nothing that points to Maskell and sexual abuse does not make him a murderer.

"""I think Cathy knew what was happening with those girls and threatened to tell the police or the Archdiocese.""

You have no reason to think that. You do not know what she knew or if she had any plans to tell somebody. Sounds good what a stirring story. Heroic nun executed by pos abusive priest! just not true.

You are also aware she left the order and her job at that school right? She was no longer sister Cathy and was teaching at as public school.

Do you ever have anything positive to say?

It is built around the stirring idea that a pos rapist priest murdered a heroic nun. There is no evidence of that so they have to string it along.

Why do you assume murder when there is no evidence for this priest or the church being involved in it?

True.