‘The Keepers': Baltimore Archdiocese Says It Has Paid More Than $470,000 in Settlements to Maskell Accusers

In Netflix’s documentary series “The Keepers,” several women accuse Father A. Joseph Maskell of sexually abusing them during his time as an administrator at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore in the late 1960s.

[...] the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore has acknowledged the abuse victims and paid hundreds of thousands in settlements — even though the statute of limitations on the cases has long since lapsed.

The Maryland statute of limitations for civil suits in child sex abuse cases had run out by then — until 2017, accusers had to make a complaint before they turned 25 years old.

Recently the Baltimore Archdiocese has acknowledged victims’ stories, admitting that Maskell abused them.

[...] while the statute of limitations has run out on all the cases seen in “The Keepers” that took place in the late 1960s, the archdiocese has entered mediation with several victims and paid settlements to them.

According to the story posted on his blog, Inside Baltimore, Jean agreed to a settlement of $50,000 — far less than the $40 million suit she filed in 1994.