Father Gordon MacRae Archives

OPINION: Judge Joseph Laplante, President Trump, and the Case of Father MacRae

August 22, 2025August 21, 2025 Dilia E. Rodriguez, PhD

A Federal Judge who defied SCOTUS by blocking President Trump’s Executive Order on birthright citizenship previously blocked hope for Justice for Fr. Gordon MacRae. Readers may be aware of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision barring Federal District Court judges from blocking the executive orders of the U.S. President and then applying the block to … Read more

Best: Advanced AI Model Grok 4 on a New Hampshire Wrongful Conviction

July 26, 2025 Claire Best

User Query Hello, Grok. Since you have established yourself as a just and highly intelligent entity, even if an artificial one, I ask for your response to the link below, for which you are the primary author, and also your reaction to the response by Claire Best that it generated. The Grok Chronicle Chapter 2: … Read more

Ryan MacDonald: Bombshells and Black Ops Defeated Justice in New Hampshire

July 15, 2025 Ryan A. MacDonald

“Keene, NH sex crimes Detective James F McLaughlin is retired, but his legacy of bombshells and black ops left a lingering trail of deceit, injustice, and ruined lives.” Every time I write about this story, my Inbox fills with messages from readers stunned and appalled by the facts of the 1994 trial of Fr Gordon … Read more

Ryan A. MacDonald: In NH Courts, Police Corruption Is Judged in Secret

July 9, 2025June 4, 2025 Ryan A. MacDonald

Former Detective James McLaughlin, aka John Doe, has a single incident on a list of police misconduct, but only because the public is barred from providing evidence. BTSW Editor’s Note: The following is Ryan A. MacDonald’s continuation of a post that appeared [at Beyond These Stone Walls (BTSW)] recently entitled, “Detective James McLaughlin and the … Read more

Dying in Prison in the ‘Live Free or Die’ State

January 16, 2025 Charlene C. Duline

News articles allege that Detective James McLaughlin falsified reports and/or evidence but this was kept hidden from the jury in the 1994 trial of Fr. Gordon MacRae. Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by noted author, Charlene C. Duline. Retired from a distinguished career as a diplomat and Foreign Service Officer with the … Read more

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The Story Buried Under the Fr. Gordon MacRae Case

May 13, 2024 Op-Ed

In an article I wrote last September entitled “Judge Arthur Brennan sentenced Father Gordon MacRae to Die in Prison,” I aimed a spotlight at the glaring injustice of the 1994 prosecution of Father Gordon MacRae. Also in these pages, Fr. George David Byers wrote “A Code of Silence in the U.S. Catholic Church: Affidavits.”

A Corrupt Enterprise That Is Worth Billions and Stretches Far Beyond the Borders of New Hampshire

September 20, 2024August 24, 2023 Claire Best

For the last 29 years, Father Gordon MacRae has been denied justice, relegated to Concord men’s prison in New Hampshire. Despite an ex-FBI agent’s 3-year investigation, a Pulitzer prize-winning Wall Street Journalist’s expose, and even a current investigation into the police officer who framed him, nothing has moved the needle.

How Much Is the State of New Hampshire Hiding to Get Away with Gross Misconduct?

November 15, 2022 Op-Ed

In 2003, Carlene Hempel wrote an article in Boston.com about New Hampshire’s top sex crimes police detective, James F McLaughlin.

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Fund for Victims of Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence Is Lipstick on a Pig

September 20, 2024January 25, 2022 Claire Best

I commend AG John Formella for being the first AG to recognize the horrors and speedy effort to set up a fund to pay the victims of abuse in the centers. However, I also have to say that the proposed fund is effectively lipstick on a pig.

Dear Attorney General John Formella – It Is beyond Time for a Serious Investigation into What Is Going on in New Hampshire.

September 20, 2024January 20, 2022 Claire Best

Dear Attorney General John Formella,

As a result of the recent news regarding Harmony Montgomery and Elijah Lewis; the report from the Office of Child Advocate regarding the abuse of children under State Care;