PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Democrat
Kathy Mellott kmellott@tribdem.com
JOHNSTOWN — An advocacy group aimed at bringing greater accountability to Catholic church leaders in dealing with child sexual abuse by priests is mapping where Brother Stephen Baker has been during the past three decades and pushing to make sure he has no access to children.
Much of the background of Baker, a Franciscan friar, remains a mystery.
That has led to speculation that incidents of his alleged abuse of children – particularly boys – may reach into the hundreds, said Judy Jones, a St. Louis resident who works with SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests).
Especially disconcerting, she said, is the past decade since Baker, a brother with the Franciscans, left Bishop McCort High School.
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