BALTIMORE (MD)
The Baltimore Sun
By Tricia Bishop, The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore prosecutors plan to look into new sexual abuse allegations from the 1970s against former Catholic school teacher John Merzbacher, according to his most recent accuser.
“They’re investigating what I reported,” said Donna Berger, 48. She met with a team of people Thursday morning — about a half-dozen prosecutors, detectives and victims’ services representatives — to outline abuse that she says happened to her nearly 40 years ago, when she was a preteen at South Baltimore’s Catholic Community middle school.
Merzbacher has not been charged with a crime related to Berger’s allegations, and he might never be. It depends upon whether law enforcement officials deem her story credible and think they can make a case in court.
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