OHIO
WKBN
By Molly Reed
Published: March 7, 2016
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The Youngstown Diocese is responding to a request from a nonprofit advocate for victims of sexual abuse that an investigation be launched into the diocese.
Road to Recovery made the request after a grand jury report on alleged sexual abuse in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese in Pennsylvania was released. That investigation claims that the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese helped cover up the sexual abuse of hundreds of children, including abuse by Brother Stephen Baker, who was on staff at Warren JFK in the late 1980s.
In 2013, the Youngstown Diocese announced abuse settlements with 11 former students of Baker’s. Road to Recovery says 28 more students are still waiting for Bishop George Murry to settle their claims.
Monsignor John Zuraw, chancellor of the Diocese of Youngstown, said the diocese does not have a secret archive, nor does it have secret files. He said the situation is completely different from one that was reported at the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese.
“This is the second wave of individuals who have come forward,” he said.
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