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Tribune Chronicle
September 13, 2016
By MARLY KOSINSKI , Tribune Chronicle
YOUNGSTOWN – The Catholic Diocese of Youngstown and an order of Franciscan Friars based in Pennsylvania have settled 28 sexual abuse claims for $900,000, a diocesan official has confirmed.
The abuse claims were made against the late Brother Stephen Baker, a member of the Third Order Regulars, Franciscan Friars Province of the Immaculate Conception based in Hollidaysburg, Pa. Baker, who committed suicide in 2013 at 62 after the abuse allegations came to light, was a coach, teacher and athletic trainer at Warren John F. Kennedy High School in the 1980s.
Msgr. John Zuraw, spokesman for the Youngstown Diocese, said the diocese, along with the Franciscan Friars, “settled through mediation with 28 victims of Brother Baker.”
Zuraw said the diocesan attorney said the claims were settled previously, but he did not know when. He also did not know how much of the settlement came from the diocese and how much came from the friars, but said both “contributed to the $900,000.”
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