PENNSYLVANIA
WFMJ
HARRISBURG, Pa. –
Three religious leaders face criminal charges for taking part in an alleged conspiracy that allowed more than 80 victims to be sexually abused by Franciscan friar who once served as an athletic trainer, head baseball coach, and a religious teacher at Warren John F. Kennedy High School.
The allegations outlined in a Pennsylvania Grand Jury report issued Tuesday are linked to Brother Stephen Baker’s assignments in Pennsylvania. However the grand jury reports that during his 33 year service with the Franciscans, he was assigned to Warren JFK from 1977 to 1978 and again from 1982 to 1992.
In 2013, Baker was living in a Pennsylvania monastery when used a knife to take his own life.
That same year it was revealed that 11 students who attended JFK High School between 1986 and 1990, had received the financial settlements for crimes committed against them as children, allegedly by Brother Baker.
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