Fr. Timothy Ramaekers suddenly vanished. Surprised? You shouldn’t be.
Readers of this blog should remember the Troubling Case of Timothy Ramaekers. Back in 2012, I wrote about how family and friends of Matthew Carrigan protested outside of Aliso Viejo’s Corpus Christi parish, saying that Ramaekers sexually molested Carrigan when Carrigan was a child at St. Justin Martyr Parish in Anaheim between 1978 and 1986.
Guess what the Diocese of Orange did …
They did nothing.
Fast forward to 2019. The State of California passed AB 218, a three-year window for survivors of child sexual abuse. The law allowed child sexual abuse survivors, no matter when they were abused in California, to come forward and use the civil courts for justice.
At least one survivor filed a case against Ramaekers. At this time, I do not know if this is the Carrigan case.
What did the Diocese of Orange do when one of their priests was SUED for child sexual abuse? (Despite promises to adhere to the USCCB Charter and their own now-rabbit-holed Covenant with the Faithful)
Nothing. They did NOTHING.
A few months ago, a case against Ramaekers was one of ten released in the second set of “bellwether cases” of sexual abuse and cover-up against the diocese of Orange.
(Last week, another bellwether against former Mater Dei Principal Michael Harris settled for $3.5 million)
And guess who has suddenly been “retired?”
Oh yes … and not retired to a parish where he can say Mass occasionally and help out. No. He’s retired to a PRIVATE RESIDENCE, where he can hide in peace while survivors’ attorneys take depositions and unearth evidence about WHAT the diocese knew about Ramaekers and WHEN they knew it.
Gee … I wonder if they told the parishioners at Corpus Christi that their pastor is going to trial for sexual abuse?
** Note: This site is currently being updated. I have screenshots of the transfer and retirement notices that will be posted once the update is complete.
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