NEW YORK
Road to Recovery
Media Release – September 29, 2014
In 2014, Rev. Roy Alan Drake, SJ has been accused of sexually abusing a minor child at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, when Rev. Roy Alan Drake, SJ was a professor there and acted as a Jesuit priest
The Northeast Jesuits, formerly the New York Province of the Society of Jesus, refuse to acknowledge and bear responsibility for the allegation of sexual abuse against Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ in Maine and give any assistance to the victim, settle and validate his claim, and help him heal
What: A press conference alerting the media and citizens that the Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) refuses to assist a sexual abuse victim of one its members, Rev. Roy Alan Drake, SJ.
When: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 11:00 AM
Where: On the public sidewalk outside the motor vehicle entrance to Fordham University, at the northeast side of the campus on Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY, 10460 near the Bronx Botanical Gardens (the main address of Fordham University, Rose Hill, is 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458)
Who: Neal E. Gumpel, a native and resident of Connecticut, who has alleged that he was sexually abused as a minor teenager by Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ; members of Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity based in New Jersey that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families, including its co-founder and President, Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D.
Why: Neal Gumpel was an unsuspecting, innocent high school minor teenager when his brother invited him to spend a weekend with him at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine. Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ was a Jesuit priest who was working at Maine Maritime Academy at the time as a professor and acting as a Jesuit priest. At all times during the period of the sexual abuse, Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ was a Jesuit priest although he was on a leave of absence. Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ invited Neal Gumpel as a minor teenager to his residence on or near the Maine Maritime Academy campus, plied him with alcohol, and sexually abused him. When Neal Gumpel reported these allegations to the superiors of the Northeast Province of the Jesuit Fathers and Brothers, the Jesuit leaders refused to acknowledge and validate his allegations and told him they were not going to help him heal. Fr. Roy Alan Drake, SJ, who died in 2008, was a repeat sexual abuser of young teenagers. Neal Gumpel and his supporters will demand of the Northeast Province Jesuits, formerly the New York Province of the Society of Jesus, that they acknowledge and validate Mr. Gumpel’s allegations, compensate him for his injuries, and assist in his healing.
Contacts: Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., Road to Recovery, Inc. – 862-368-2800
Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, Boston, MA – 617-523-6250
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