2023-05-16 16:00:00
BALTIMORE – John Merzbacher, a former teacher who had been sentenced to four life sentences behind bars for statutory rape, died in prison last week.
The Maryland correctional agency reported that the subject, defined by a recent report as “the most obvious example of systemic abuse” committed by non-clergy members of the Archdiocese of Baltimoredied Friday in the infirmary at Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Maryland.
He died of natural causes at the age of 81.
The sexual abuse for which he was sentenced occurred when I taught at Catholic Middle School, a Catholic middle school in South Baltimore in the 1970s.; the conviction came in 1995, for raping a student.
So, the prosecutors had evidence that had abused 13 other minors, but they did not want to press charges because John Merzbacher was already serving a life sentence.
Prosecution report considered John Merzbacher the “most obvious example of systemic abuse”
It is precisely this report that considers Merzbacher “the most obvious example of systemic abuse” committed by laymen or non-clergy of the archdioceseand indicates that he abused dozens of students of both sexes under threats and even holding a weapon, which he once shot at school.
The publication of said report was followed by the signing by Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland, of a Legislation Ending the State’s Statute of Limitations for Sexual Abuse Lawsuits.
“Now, as always, is an important time to keep in our prayers the victims and survivors whom Merzbacher hurt so deeply,” the Archdiocese of Baltimore said following his death in a statement.
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