OWENSBORO (KY)
The Owensboro Times
October 1, 2018
By Katie Pickens
Gerald Baker, a priest of the Diocese of Owensboro, was accused of sexual abuse in 2016 by three minors. Law enforcement and the Diocesan Review Board began investigations regarding the allegations in 2016.
While investigating, the Diocesan Review Board found the minors’ allegations to be substantiated. Because of the results, Bishop William F. Medley has permanently suspended Baker from public ministry.
At the time of the allegations Baker was pastor at St. Mary of the Woods in Whitesville and St. John the Baptist in Fordsville, although location and details of the abuse have not been released.
The Kentucky State Police (KSP) investigated the allegations in 2016, but Trooper Corey King, Public Affairs Officer for KSP said the case was closed after a former detective determined there was no criminal act that required the investigation of KSP.
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