The Provincial of the Third Order Regular Franciscans, Father Patrick Quinn, announced this morning that Brother Stephen Baker had died. …Let us continue to pray for all victims of abuse, for Brother Baker’s family and the repose of his soul.A statement from Bishop George V. Murry • Announcing the death of Franciscan friar Stephen Baker, since determined by autopsy to have been a suicide. Baker was the subject of dozens of sexual abuse allegations by teenagers across at least three states (particularly more than 25 at Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown, Pennsylvania), and was barred from participating in ministry after a sex abuse claim in 2000. source
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