PENNSYLVANIA
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Jim Madalinsky
ALTOONA – Close to 90 people have come forward saying they were sexually abused by Franciscan Brother Stephen Baker.
Baker committed suicide in January of 2013.
In early May the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese was set to take part in settlement negotiations when they were called off pending the attorney general’s investigation. On Wednesday, the mother of one of Baker’s alleged victims was in Altoona.
“Brother Steve was put in place and I handed my son to him and that didn’t have to happen,” Barbara Aponte says.
Brother Steve is Brother Stephen Baker. He’s accused of sexually assaulting close to 90 boys across three states for years.
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