ATTENTION, MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON GAY MEN'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT!

Photo of "Bro. Raphael Holoman-Franklin, bogus "monk" from St. Bede Abbey



Scam artist and liar Raphael Holoman-Franklin, in retaliation for TWO YEARS worth of internet posts about his illegal activities and asking for his whereabouts (predating the time that he recently claimed to have fled from me in terror in Sept., 2010 by over a year), told people at the Boston Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project that he had been in an 8 year domestic relationship with me from 2002 to Sept., 2010, and that I assaulted him and RAPED him. Without asking any proof of him, this organization gave him a lawyer and trashed my reputation in a court room. As I had no knowledge of the basis of the restraining order that I was hit with, I couldn't very well defend myself, now could I. Holoman-Franklin is LYING. The Boston Gay Men's Domestic Violence project is supporting and defending a thief and a LIAR. Holoman-Franklin is USING THEM to promote retaliation. That members of this group could be so BLIND as to accept EVERY STORY AS TRUTH without looking into it, says a lot about them. Raphael has had many victims, and you are giving him ONE MORE.

The following is from Rev. Claude Peiffer, abbot of St. Bede Benedictine Abbey in Peru, llinois. (Remember him Raphael? He sure as heck remembers you!) The abbot knows Raphael, and sent the following to me, NOTARIZED, on abbey stationary, stating that Holoman-Frankin was at the abbey in 2009 during the time that he claims he was in an abusive "domestic relationship" with me in Cambridge. I will send notarized copies to any interested parties, and am submitting one to the court as well. Next, I will be receiving court worthy copies of arrest warrants issued for Raphael in Washington, Idaho and Oregon for THEFTS which occurred also in the time span that he claims to have been in an 8 year violent relationship with me:

"January 5, 2011

I herewith testify that Mr. Raphael Holoman-Franklin lived in our monastery from about the middle of February of 2009 until June 9, 2009. Prior to his coming here he had been living in Hinsdale, IL, where he had established contacts with the pastor of St. Isaac Jogues Parish, with whom I spoke by telephone, and some lay people from that Catholic church. I do not know the length of his stay in Hinsdale, but believe that he had spent a month or two there after coming there from Cambridge, MA.

He asked to stay with us until Easter (which was on April 12 in 2009) in order to explore his professed interest in living the monastic life. Before Easter arrived, he asked to extend his stay and was permitted to do so, and on June 7 he formally requested admission to our postulancy. On that same day, however, I asked him to leave because of information that I had received from numerous sources alleging that he had been guilty of fraudulent activities and had misrepresented and falsified his personal history and his qualifications.

When leaving on June 9, he told me that he was going from here to England to visit his mother. But I soon learned that he had in fact returned to Cambridge, MA, where he was confronted by people whom he had defrauded. Some weeks later a lady phoned from Fort Dodge, IA, to say that he had appeared at the Catholic parish there, representing himself as a “brother from St. Bede Abbey” and was borrowing money from parishioners. He has not had further contact with our monastery since his departure, as far as I know.

Sincerely yours,

Rt. Rev. Claude J. Peifer, O.S.B.

Abbot"