PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Democrat
BY DAVID HURST
DHURST@TRIBDEM.COM
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Stalled negotiations in a case involving 88 former Pennsylvania teens alleging abuse by a former Bishop McCort educator prompted a New Jersey nonprofit to take protest signs to the Altoona-Johnstown Roman Catholic Diocese’s administrative front door Wednesday.
And an attorney representing 33 of the people alleging abuse by the late Brother Stephen Baker said he’ll press on with litigation if the diocese and Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular don’t return to the mediation table soon.
“Mediation has been stalled.
“We’re getting nowhere with it … and there’s no timetable for it to continue,” said Massachusetts attorney Mitchell Garabedian.
“If something doesn’t happen, I don’t think we’ll have a choice but to proceed.”
The matter has been in on and off negotiations for more than a year since dozens of alleged victims began filing suits against the diocese regarding Baker’s actions during his nearly nine years at McCort, which started in 1992.
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