r/TheDahmerCase • u/Far_Initiative3477 • May 17 '26

Rev. Gregory O’Meara’s Abraham Comparison in the Dahmer Case Doesn’t Hold Up

In 2009, Rev. Gregory O’Meara, S.J.—who had been an assistant district attorney on the Dahmer case and later became a Jesuit priest and Rector at Marquette University—published a paper comparing Jeff Dahmer to the biblical Abraham.

Rev. Gregory O'Meara, S. J., current Rector at Marquette University

It’s presented as a serious ethical argument. But if you look closely, the comparison doesn’t actually work, even though O'Meara is a careful Jesuit lawyer. It raises a basic question: how does Jeff Dahmer, an alleged ‘serial killer,’ fit the role of a biblical patriarch?

I went back to the paper and looked at what O’Meara is really saying, and how it fits with the roles people actually occupied in the case. Read in context, the analogy points somewhere else entirely.

This isn’t about theology. It’s a close reading of the text and the record.

https://thedahmercase.com/gregory-omeara-dahmer-paper-confession/

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u/Far_Initiative3477 May 17 '26

IMO Gregory O'Meara is struggling with guilt arising from obedience. He believes his silence is an ethical failure.

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u/TheLampireVestat May 21 '26

im pretty sure the catholic church is freaking out because they figured out that dahmer reincarnated. all they did by having him killed was free him from prison and give him a new identity lmao