Civil Cases Proceed against Brother Stephen Baker

The Wkbn
January 27, 2013

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Civil cases will proceed despite Brother Stephen Baker's suicide. 

Johnstown, Pa. attorney Michael Parrish Jr. who is representing some of the former students alleging abuse by Baker, said the cases will move forward. 

Baker, 62, was found dead at the St. Bernardine Monastery in Hollidaysburg on Saturday. He had been named in legal settlements involving abuse allegations at JFK High School in Warren and allegations have also surfaced of abuse at Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown in the 1990s.

Baker was not a defendant in 12 lawsuits settled through mediation and out of courts. One was settled in 2002 and has a confidentiality agreement. The other 11 were settled in October.

Parrish represents 20 former students who allege that Baker assaulted or molested them when he was Bishop McCort's athletic trainer.