The Keepers

Season

2017

8

TV-MA

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.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Murder

Two former students launch a dogged investigation into the cold case of Sister Catherine Cesnik, a nun who was slain in Baltimore in 1969.

S1 • E2

The School

Former students of Archbishop Keough High School reveal allegations of sexual abuse by Father Joseph Maskell the chaplain of the school. It details the personal story of "Jane Doe" (Jean Hargadon Wehner) who claims that Father Maskell took her to see the dead body of Sister Catherine Cesnik in Lansdowne, Maryland.

S1 • E3

The Revelation

Jean Hargadon Wehner discusses how she came to remember years later the sexual abuse she suffered at Archbishop Keough High School. She also talks about what happened when she reported the abuse to Church officials and how she realized she was connected to the death of Sister Cathy Cesnik.

S1 • E4

The Burial

Two former students file a lawsuit against Father Joseph Maskell in 1994, accusing him of sexual molestation and assault. Although an informant claims that evidence was recovered from a burial site in a cemetery, the state's attorney claims that there was not enough evidence to warrant a prosecution.

S1 • E5

The Suspects

Abbie and Gemma set up a tip line, which yields numerous stories that point to two other men involved in Sister Catherine's murder.

S1 • E6

The Web

Gemma talks to Sister Catherine's sister, Marilyn. Efforts are made to get more information from the authorities as well as from other suspects.

S1 • E7

The Conclusion

The survivors and victims' families fight against the bureaucratic nonsense of law enforcement and the legislature in their fight against the archdiocese.