September 29, 2005

Video shows aftermath of pedophile priest slaying

WORCESTER (MA)
WPRI

WORCESTER, Mass. A judge gets a look today at how prison guards handled the inmate charged with killing pedophile priest John Geoghan.

At a hearing in Worcester Superior Court today, a defense attorney for Joseph Druce played snippets of video recorded by cameras at the state prison in Shirley.

One scene shows about ten guards trying to open the door to the cell where Druce had allegedly strangled Goeghan. The door had been jammed with a book and nail clippers. When it is finally pried open, guards are seen dragging Druce from the cell and pinning him face down on the floor.

Posted by kshaw at September 29, 2005 01:41 PM