Fr. Geoghan could not be reached for comment. Maybe he's chasing devil kids down in hell (picture that Hot Stuff character from Harvey Comics...)
Posted on 10/05/2010 9:55:45 AM PDT by raccoonradio
It could be wedding bells for one of the state’s most notorious murderers, as a South Carolina woman is planning to say “I do” to pedophile priest killer Joe Druce - if prison officials approve the lockup lovers’ big house bonds of matrimony.
Shirl Borden, a Christian minister and Air Force veteran who has helped Druce in his many legal wranglings, said the man convicted of killing priest-turned-perv John Geoghan proposed and she’s decided to take the plunge.
“I took years to think about it and I’ve decided to say ‘Yes,’ ” Borden told the Herald. “I fell in love with him because he’s a nice guy and he’s honest as far as I know. I’ve never caught him in a lie.”
Druce was serving life in 2003 for the 1988 beating and strangulation of a gay Gloucester bus driver when he killed Geoghan in a cell in a similar manner.
Borden became pen pals with Druce five years ago and said the relationship soon turned romantic over a mutual love of NASCAR. She said Druce, who resides in MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole, sought permission to wed in 2005 but was denied. Borden said he’ll be filing a new petition.
“I’m not doing it out of publicity, I actually do love him as a person,” she said.
The state Department of Correction allows inmates to get married “unless such a marriage is unlawful or present(s) a security risk.” A DOC spokeswoman declined to comment, citing privacy rules.
Druce was not available for comment. His mom, Donna Druce, said she knew her son was engaged to Borden but was unsure when they might get married.
“If it makes him happy, then I’m happy,” Donna Druce said. “He’s had a miserable life. If this is going to eke him out a little happiness, then why not?”
Borden is also helping her fiance in his many jailhouse lawsuits. Just last month, the federal court dismissed a suit in which Druce claimed he was being threatened and punished by officers trying to block him from telling the “truth” about the murder. Druce has claimed correction officers were complicit in Geoghan’s killing.
Fr. Geoghan could not be reached for comment. Maybe he's chasing devil kids down in hell (picture that Hot Stuff character from Harvey Comics...)
For those that do not know, Druce is the jailhouse killer of the most infamous Catholic pedophile in Mass.
“South Carolina woman is planning to say “I do” to pedophile priest killer Joe Druce”
This is a poorly written article. Only later in the article is it clear that Joe Druce is not a pedophile who killed a priest, but rather he killed a priest who was a pedophile.
No, i didn’t know that, kind of interesting and I must admit i think a bit higher of him Druce that is. :)
For a Christian minister, she sure has an odd definition of “nice guy”, when she applies it to a double murderer.
Since both his victims were gay, I guess Fred Phelps would share her opinion of him.
Borden told the Herald. “I fell in love with him because he’s a nice guy and he’s honest as far as I know. I’ve never caught him in a lie.”
Druce was serving life in 2003 for the 1988 beating and strangulation of a gay Gloucester bus driver when he killed Geoghan in a cell in a similar manner
YEAH. Sounds like a real nice fellow.. Just the knid you want to take home to meet MoM and Dad. That is if you hate Mom and Dad and wish them dead!!!!!!
So it's true that pedophiles are not treated well by other prisoners. I always thought that was an urban legend
From entry on Druce in Wikipedia:
>>At the time Druce killed Geoghan, he was already serving life without possibility of parole for killing a man who allegedly made a sexual pass at him after picking Druce up hitchhiking. In the interim between the two above crimes he had become a small sensation for sending fake anthrax to lawyers with Jewish names from prison
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