Fordham Prep Graduation Protest

Road to Recovery
May 26, 2015

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/AbuseTracker/road-to-recovery.org

Hollywood screenwriter Neal E. Gumpel, who was sexually abused as a minor child by known pedophile Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, will be joined by his wife, Helen Gumpel, retired successful fashion model and actress, who thwarted a sexual attack in Bill Cosby’s dressing room on the set of “The Cosby Show,” at the graduation exercises of Fordham Prep School, Bronx, New York, to draw attention to the sexual abuse of Neal E. Gumpel and the lack of appropriate response by Fordham Prep School and the Jesuit Fathers and Brothers.

Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, was a Jesuit priest and teacher at Fordham Prep School, and he sexually abused more than one minor child while a teacher at Fordham Prep School and a visiting professor at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, including Neal E. Gumpel.

Fordham Prep School and the Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Priests and Brothers) who staff and administer Fordham Prep School and were responsible for Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ for decades until his death, refuse to acknowledge and bear responsibility for the allegations of sexual abuse against Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ in Maine and give any assistance to Neal E. Gumpel, validate his claim and help him heal.

What

A press conference and leafleting alerting the media, Fordham Prep School parents and alumni, and the general public that the Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and Fordham Prep School refuse to help a clergy sexual abuse victim of one of its priests and teachers, Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ heal by validating his claim of sexual abuse as a minor child.

When

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 from 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM – Graduation at 4:30 PM

Where

On the public sidewalk outside the motor vehicle entrance to Fordham University, Bronx, New York, across from the New York Botanical Gardens on Southern Boulevard

Who

Hollywood screenwriter Neal E. Gumpel, a resident of Connecticut who has alleged that he was sexually abused as a minor teenager by Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ; Helen Gumpel, wife of Neal E. Gumpel, former successful fashion model and actress who appeared in an episode of “The Cosby Show;” and members of Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families

Why

Neal E. Gumpel, whose parents graduated from Fordham University, was an unsuspecting high school minor teenager when his brother invited him to spend a weekend at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine. Rev. Roy Alan Drake, SJ was a Jesuit priest from Fordham Prep School who was working at the time at Maine Maritime Academy and invited Neal E. Gumpel to his residence on or near the campus, served him alcohol and sexually abused him. Demonstrators will call on Fordham Prep School and the Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus to do the right thing by validating the claim of Neal E. Gumpel and helping Neal E. Gumpel heal.

Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., Fordham University Ph.D. ’88 – 862-368-2800

Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, Boston, MA – 617-523-6250