UnHoly Communion-Lessons Learned from Life among Pedophiles, Predators, and Priests. Hank Ph.D. Estrada

to the future assignment of Father John Raab.

      Feel free to discuss this matter with Father Ferrante. If you feel it necessary, you may reference me and my letter as the informative source to Father Raab. Please understand that I wish to avoid confronting Father Raab regarding this and am not open to any further direct communication between Father Raab and myself.

      If I can provide you with any further information regarding this issue, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

      Thank you in advance for your understanding and assistance.

      On February 6, 1995, Provincial Father Martens sent the following response:

      Martens Letter

      I immediately wrote back, saying I did not save Father Raab's letter but did provide him with the exact dates of my experience. I never heard anything further from Father Provincial Martens or administrator Father Ferrante regarding the actions they supposedly took regarding Father John. To this day, I have no idea if anything was done with or for Father John, including sending him to an appropriate therapist or rehabilitation program. I assume that, given the church’s pattern of conscious denial—nothing.

      I continued working with a therapist and eventually came to the conclusion that Father John was a sexual predator who, when he was my religious community superior and spiritual director, took advantage of his authority over me and pursued sexual contact between us as his ultimate goal.