Donna Von Den Bosch was 14 years old when she entered Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore. It was the fall of 1970, and she was excited to start her studies at the all-girls school. But soon, the sexual abuse that she would endure at the hands of trusted clergy members would change her life forever, and years would pass before she could speak openly about it.

Von Den Bosch, who has shared her story with several media outlets and was featured in the 2017 Netflix documentary “The Keepers,” recalls that the abuse began at a Catholic youth picnic in September shortly after she’d started high school. She told the local newspaper Inside Baltimore that during the event, she was given a drink that was laced with a potent drug that made her weak and dizzy. She remembers feeling unwell when someone called her over to a police car. As she walked over to the car, she saw a priest sitting in its passenger seat.

When the priest spotted her and saw the condition she was in, she says he raped her as another priest and high school chaplain, Father [Anthony] Joseph Maskell, watched. Then, she says, Maskell also raped her. She had known Maskell since she was 12 years old.

Von Den Bosch, who went on to become a nurse and now has two adult children, says Maskell drugged and raped her over several years in his office on school grounds in the 1970s. He also threatened her with gun violence, she says, and kept guns in a desk drawer. She also recalls seeing a police officer pay Maskell money before the officer sexually assaulted her.

Many years have passed since the abuse occurred, and Archbishop Keough High School is now closed. However, the scars remain, and many have vowed they will no longer remain silent. Von Den Bosch, who now lives in Pennsylvania, is far from alone. She is among others who have come forward with sexual assault allegations against the clergy members who worked at the school.