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July 6, 2007 Security video from Geoghan slay hits Web State correction officials are investigating whether the killer convicted of strangling and stomping a pedophile priest posted a security surveillance video on YouTube showing prison guards desperately trying to pry open cell doors as the murder took place. The Herald was alerted to the posting yesterday in a handwritten note purportedly written by Joseph Druce, who was convicted of first-degree murder in the Aug. 23, 2003, slaying of 68-year-old John Geoghan. “The truth about officer involvement in John Geogan’s (sic) death,” the taunting note says, directing the reader to www.youtube.com/Joseph Druce. “The truth about officers allowing J.G. to die through their neglect.” The 10-minute video was posted June 12 under the heading “the first of many.” It shows a gaggle of correction officers at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center pulling at the cell doors of Druce’s cell. In 2005, the Herald obtained a security video that showed Druce coldly pantomiming Geoghan’s murder - a tape that showed how he used a paperback book to jam the sliding cell doors. January 24, 2006 Druce found guilty of first-degree murder WORCESTER— A Worcester County jury has convicted Joseph L. Druce of first-degree murder in the 2003 prison slaying of defrocked pedophile priest John J. Geoghan.The verdict, delivered in Superior Court about 1 p.m., followed more than seven hours of deliberations by the 12-member jury. January 21, 2006 Druce testifies about abused past Sexual assaults in school, drug use WORCESTER— Taking the witness stand in his own defense yesterday, Joseph L. Druce told a Worcester Superior Court jury about being sexually abused as a child, a violent home life when he was growing up and an early introduction to alcohol and drugs. January 19, 2006 Druce's lawyer calls in sick again -X-ray procedure irks prison slaying suspect WORCESTER - The trial of the man accused of murdering pedophile ex-priest John J. Geoghan was put on hold for a second day yesterday because the defense lawyer remained ill. John H. LaChance, the Framingham lawyer appointed to represent Joseph L. Druce, missed court Tuesday because of illness and called in sick again yesterday. January 10, 2005 9 jurors picked in Druce trial on priest’s killing Insanity defense raised by lawyer WORCESTER— Jury selection was scheduled to resume today for the trial of Joseph L. Druce, the inmate charged with murder in the prison slaying of defrocked pedophile priest John J. Geoghan. By the end of the day, nine jurors were seated to hear the case. A total of 16 jurors, including four alternates, will be impaneled. January 8, 2005 Geoghan slaying trial opens todayDruce claims insanity in killing of ex-priest With Druce’s trial scheduled to begin today, the question for the jury won’t be whether Druce killed Geoghan, but whether he should be held criminally responsible. Jury selection is scheduled to begin today in Worcester Superior Court. Druce’s lawyer, John LaChance, plans to use an insanity defense. He argued during pretrial hearings that Druce was suffering from a “major mental illness.” January 7, 2006 Geoghan's alleged killer to go to trial in Worcester With Druce's trial scheduled to begin Monday, the question for the jury won't be whether Druce killed Geoghan, but whether he should be held criminally responsible. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in Worcester Superior Court. September 1, 2005 Geoghan video allegedly pirated BOSTON— State corrections officials said a videotape allegedly showing defrocked priest John J. Geoghan’s accused killer re-enacting the slaying was an unauthorized, pirated recording made by a prison employee. Thursday, September 1, 2005 Druce: Prison staff let me in pedophile's cell Druce is seeking to have the murder charge dismissed, claiming he has been harassed and denied access to his attorney by prison officials retaliating against him for exposing lax security systems.
August 24, 2003
EX-PRIEST GEOGHAN
ATTACKED, DIES -
CLERIC AT THE CENTER OF SEX ABUSE CRISIS ASSAULTED IN PRISON
John J. Geoghan, the
defrocked priest whose three decades as an
alleged child molester made him the notorious
symbol of the abuse scandal that has rocked the
Catholic Church, died yesterday after being
attacked by a fellow inmate at a Massachusetts
state prison.
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