MEDIA RELEASE – SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Road to Recovery
September 27, 2015

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Neal E. Gumpel is a clergy sexual abuse victim of Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, a deceased former professor at Fordham University, Bronx, NY, and Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, where Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, sexually abused Neal Gumpel when he was a minor child

Fordham University and the Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), who staff Fordham University 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, settle and validate his claim, and help him heal

What A press conference and leafleting alerting the media, Fordham University students and community, and the general public that the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and Fordham University refuse to assist a clergy sexual abuse victim of one of its priests, Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ

When Monday, September 28, 2015 from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm

Where Outside the gates of Fordham University on Southern Boulevard near the Bronx Botanical Gardens, Bronx, NY

Who

Neal E. Gumpel; his wife, Helen; survivor and advocate Kevin Waldrip; and Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., co-founder and President of Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity based in New Jersey; other supporters

Why Neal E. Gumpel is a sexual abuse survivor of Jesuit priest Rev. Roy Alan Drake, SJ when he was a teenager. The sexual abuse occurred at Maine Maritime Academy, in Castine, Maine, where Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ was teaching and acting as a priest at all times. Fordham University and the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) have refused to validate Neal E. Gumpel’s allegation, despite the fact that other allegations against Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ have been found credible and settled. Demonstrators will call on Fordham University and the Society of Jesus to do the right thing, validate and settle the claim of Neal E. Gumpel, and help him heal.

Contacts Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., Road to Recovery, Inc. – 862-368-2800