The Keepers

• Gemma Hoskins – former student and investigator
• Abbie Fitzgerald Schaub – former student and investigator
• Joseph Maskell – former priest and counselor
• Jean Hargadon Wehner (a.k.a. Jane Doe) – former student
• Teresa Lancaster (a.k.a. Jane Roe) – former student
• Randy Lancaster – Teresa Lancaster's husband
• Donna Von Den Bosch – former student
• Juliana Farrell – former student
• Deb Silcox – former student
• Lil Hughes – former student
• Chris Centofanti – former student
• Mary Spence – former student
• Marilyn Cesnik Radakovic – Sister Catherine's sister
• Gerry Koob – former priest and Sister Catherine's former boyfriend
• Tom Nugent – journalist and writer for the Baltimore City Paper
• Bob Erlandson – journalist
• Beverly Wallace – attorney for former students
• Alan Horn – investigator
• John Barnold – former captain, Baltimore City Police Department
• James Scannell – former captain, Baltimore County Police Department
• Brian Schwaab – former detective, Baltimore City Police Department
• Gary Childs – detective, Baltimore County Police
• Sharon A. H. May – former State's Attorney for Baltimore City
• Edgar Davidson – possible suspect in the murder of sister Catherine
• Deborah Yohn – Davidson's niece, who suspects her uncle's involvement in the murders based on anecdotes from her aunt, who is referred to as "Margaret" in the series.
• Sharon Schmidt – daughter of Ronnie Schmidt and niece of Billy Schmidt, who suspects the involvement of both men in the murders.
• Barbara Schmidt – mother of Sharon Schmidt, former wife of Ronnie Schmidt and sister-in-law to Billy Schmidt, who suspects the involvement of her husband and brother-in-law in the murders.
• C. T. Wilson – Maryland state delegate
• Charles Franz – former student at St. Clement's Church
• Werner Spitz, MD – forensic pathologist

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = The Murder

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|05|19}}

| ShortSummary = Hoskins and Schaub investigate the disappearances and deaths of Sister Cathy Cesnik and Joyce Malecki in November 1969.

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = The School

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|05|19}}

| ShortSummary = The episode reveals allegations of abuse at Archbishop Keough High School, and the personal stories of "Jane Doe" (Jean Hargadon Wehner) and other women at the school. Wehner discusses the day after the murder that Father Maskell took her to see the body of Sister Catherine Cesnik in nearby Lansdowne, Maryland.

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = The Revelation

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|05|19}}

| ShortSummary = In 1992, Wehner faces the abuse she endured at Keough, allegedly at the hands of Father Maskell and other men he knew (including someone known as "Brother Bob"), as well as the threat that frightened her into silence.

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = The Burial

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|05|19}}

| ShortSummary = In 1994, two former students (Wehner and Teresa Lancaster) file a lawsuit against Maskell, the gynecologist they allege witnessed sexual assaults by Maskell, the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and the School Sisters of Notre Dame, but face intimidation from their lawyers, as well as their psychiatric experts who doubt repressed memories. The lawsuit is thrown out.

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = The Suspects

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|05|19}}

| ShortSummary = A tip line created by the group yields two compelling suspects (Edgar Davidson and Billy Schmidt) who may have been involved in Sister Catherine's murder.

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| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = The Web

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|05|19}}

| ShortSummary = Sister Catherine's sister, Marilyn Cesnik Radakovic, joins the case and discloses additional information about the days leading up to Cathy's disappearance.

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = The Conclusion

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|05|19}}

| ShortSummary = The season finale details prior sexual abuse by Father Maskell at Saint Clement's Church that was known by the Archdiocese, and the legislative efforts to overturn the statute of limitations in Maryland.

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The Keepers was met with critical acclaim upon its release. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the series an approval rating of 97% based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 8.47/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Keepers draws on riveting, real-life terror to expose long-buried secrets—and tells an inspiring, brilliantly assembled story along the way."{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_keepers/s01|title=The Keepers: Miniseries|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=October 9, 2019}} Pilot Viruet of Vice wrote of the series, "It's harrowing and upsetting, and it will haunt you for a long time, which is part of what makes it necessary viewing."{{cite news|last1=Viruet|first1=Pilot|title=Netflix's Latest True Crime Docuseries Will Haunt You Forever|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/netflixs-latest-true-crime-docuseries-will-haunt-you-forever|access-date=June 19, 2017|work=Vice|date=May 25, 2017|language=en-us}}

In Time magazine, Daniel D'Addario compared The Keepers with another Netflix true-crime series, Making a Murderer, stating that The Keepers does not lead its viewers to a definite conclusion about what happened. "While Sister Cathy Cesnik's death remains a mystery, its aftereffects include both crushing heartbreak and, for the amateur sleuths who seek to crack her case, a sense of making a difference... This isn't just more respectful to the victim than other true-crime stories, with their breathless delight at new clues. It's also more effective."{{cite magazine|last1=D’Addario|first1=Daniel|title=The Keepers avoids true crime's ghastliest pitfalls|url=https://time.com/4793893/the-keepers-review/|access-date=June 19, 2017|magazine=Time|date=May 25, 2017}} According to Jack Seale in The Guardian, "Where other true crime hits have followed a linear chronology, The Keepers hops between 1969, the 1990s and today, striking a fine balance between narrative structure – a wow moment at the end of every episode – and respect for a subject that doesn’t need or deserve sensationalism."{{cite news|last1=Seale|first1=Jack|title=Who murdered Sister Cathy? Netflix takes true crime to the next level |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/may/18/the-keepers-netflix-nun-murder-baltimore-true-crime-documentary|access-date=18 May 2017|work=The Guardian|date=18 May 2017}}

The Archdiocese of Baltimore declined when asked by Netflix producers to comment on sexual misconduct allegations within the church. Later, the Archdiocese responded to the series by adding a FAQ page to its website, in which it stated allegations that the archdiocese knew of Maskell's sexual abuse prior to 1992 were false speculation.{{cite web|title=Frequently Asked Questions Based on "The Keepers" |url=http://www.archbalt.org/promise-protect-promote-healing/frequently-asked-questions-based-keepers/|publisher=Archdiocese of Baltimore|access-date=June 19, 2017}}

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