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We Are Central PA
Jim Madalinsky
HOLLIDAYSBURG, BLAIR COUNTY – An attorney for the alleged victims of Brother Stephen Baker is asking what the hold up is?
On Friday the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese announced it was suspending mediation efforts for the sex abuse settlements, citing the ongoing investigation by the State Attorney General’s office.
Dr. Robert Hoatson is the co-founder of the group “Road to Recovery.” He represents some of Brother Baker’s alleged victims in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. Dr. Hoatson is calling out the diocese for pulling out negotiations that had been scheduled for weeks. Representatives from the diocese’s in Youngstown, OH and Detroit, MI had planned to meet with a mediator Friday in Philadelphia also. Now Dr. Hoatson is saying the dioceses is causing even more harm to the victims.
“It says to the victims that they’re once again siding with Brother Baker. Just like the people at Bishop McCort who sided with Baker, and the Franciscan fryers that sided with Baker, and the administrations that sided with Brother Baker,” Dr. Hoatson says.
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