MINNESOTA
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Posted by David Clohessy on February 05, 2013
A serial predator cleric who is alleged to have abused at least 80 kids in Pennsylvania and Ohio also molested a boy in Minnesota in the late 1970’s.
On Saturday, a Youngstown Ohio radio station reported that Br. Stephen Baker of the Franciscan order molested Douglas Larson when he was in eighth grade in 1977. Larson later settled a case with the St. Paul/Minneapolis archdiocese in 2005.
Baker was assigned to St. Patrick’s Church in Inver Grove Heights, MN between 1978 and 1981. That parish had long been staffed by priests and brothers from the Franciscan order. SNAP believes there is a good possibility that Baker abused more kids in the Twin Cities area.
“Since the initial allegations against Br. Baker were announced, no church official in the Twin Cities area came forward to say ‘yes, he abused kids here too,’” said David Clohessy, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. “Knowing not that Baker abused at least one kid here, we want to know if there were any other victims.”
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