PENNSYLVANIA
The Tribune-Democrat
Kathy Mellott kmellott@tribdem.com
JOHNSTOWN — The investigation into abuse allegations against Brother Stephen P. Baker is broadening.
An unknown number of men, former students at Bishop McCort Catholic High School, are alleging they were sexually molested by the Franciscan friar, who worked at the Johnstown school for about a decade in the 1990s and into the early 2000s.
The former students say Baker abused them when he was supposed to be treating them for sports-related injuries.
Baker who now resides at the Motherhouse of St. Bernardine Monastery of the Franciscan Friars Third Order Regular, located in a rural setting about two miles outside of Hollidaysburg. From 1992 into the early 2000s, he was employed at Bishop McCort as a religious instructor and sports trainer.
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