Friday, May 10, 2013

Ohio Over-and-Out: Abuse Followed Franciscan Friar

He'll never do it again:

"More in Penn., Ohio allege friar abuse" Associated Press, February 25, 2013

TOLEDO, Ohio— About 50 more people have come forward to say they were sexually abused at Catholic schools in Pennsylvania and Ohio by a Franciscan brother who killed himself in January, said a lawyer who settled 11 ­alleged abuse cases against the friar.

Brother Stephen Baker, 62, stabbed himself in the heart at a western Pennsylvania monastery on Jan. 26, a little over a week after the disclosure of financial settlements in alleged abuse cases in Warren, Ohio. A coroner told the Altoona Mirror that Baker left a short note apologizing for his actions....

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