The doctor who interviewed Parrakow concluded that the priest “certainly has pedophilia.”
In December, Parrakow admitted to the grand jury that he molested children, many of them altar boys.
The Rev. James Beeman was accused of sexually assaulting a girl four times at St. Columbia in Bloomsburg from 1961 to 1964.
In September 1991, the victim reported the sexual assaults to the Diocese of Harrisburg.
The first incident happened during a catechism class where Beeman set up a projector to show films. Beeman held the girl on his lap and touched her inappropriately.
Beeman raped the girl when she was 7 years old. The incident occurred when he visited her in a hospital room after her tonsils were removed.
When she was 13, Beeman raped her again at her house when her parents were away. When she was 19 and pregnant, Beeman raped her again.
She considered suicide due to the repeated abuse by the priest. He admitted to his crimes and said he sexually abused other girls.
Grand Jury: Catholic Church Leaders Tried to Avoid Scandal Instead of Helping the Victims
In the report, the grand jury found that the leaders of the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania committed a pattern of systemic cover-up to avoid scandal.
