PENNSYLVANIA
The Altoona Mirror
January 18, 2013
By Russ O’Reilly (roreilly@altoonamirror.com) , The Altoona Mirror
HOLLIDAYSBURG – The Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown said on Thursday that there were allegations raised in 2011 against a Franciscan friar accused of sexually abusing students of an Ohio high school in the late 1980s.
The local diocese issued a release stating that in November 2011, Bishop Mark L. Bartchak became aware of accusations that Brother Stephen Baker had inappropriate contact with minors in the diocese in the late-1990s.
Baker was an instructor and staff member of Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown during that time.
On Wednesday, it was announced that a settlement has been reached with 11 men who accused Baker of sexually abusing them in Ohio between 1986 and 1990.
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