PENNSYLVANIA
WJAC
By Maria Miller
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. —
Eleven cases of alleged sexual abuse surrounding a Franciscan cleric, now living in Bair County, have grown overnight. At least five more men have come forward alleging they were sexually abused by Brother Stephen Baker while he served as an athletic trainer and coach at an Ohio high school in the 1980s. But they’re not the only ones.
At least 12 former Bishop McCort students have started coming forward alleging the same abuse. They say it happened while Baker served as an athletic trainer and teacher at the Catholic high school in the 1990s.
Since Thursday, four more alleged victims have reached out to Johnstown attorney Michael Parrish, bringing his total up to at least 10. Two others have gone even further, contacting Mitchell Garabedian, a Boston attorney who specializes in clergy sex abuse cases.
“Yesterday two victims contacted me,” said Garabedian. “They were both adult men who claim they were sexually abused by Brother Stephen Baker while attending Bishop McCort High School, and they described repeated sexual abuse by Baker while attending the high school.”
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