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At least 35 former students at both Warren John F. Kennedy High School and Bishop McCort High School in Johnsontown, Pa. have now come forward to allege a Catholic Franciscan friar, Brother Stephen P. Baker, used his position as athletic trainer in both schools to sexually molest them in the in the 1980s and 1990s.
And on Friday, Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who negotiated high five-figure settlements for 11 former JFK students who were allegedly molested, called into question where Baker was during a year-long stretch in 2011 where Baker had no official assignment from the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown.
D.C. Nokes Jr., a Johnstown attorney appointed as the spokesperson by the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment. The diocese said on Thursday in a statement they contacted civil authorities in November 2011 after learning of allegations. The statement also condemned abuse of any kind.
Garabedian said three new former JFK students, one former St. Mary’s student and four students from Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown contacted him about being sexually abused.
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