HOLLIDAYSBURG - A second friar associated with the Province of the Immaculate Conception of the Third Order Regular Franciscans has committed suicide.

Rev. David Kaczmarek, 53, hanged himself on Saturday, probably around 6 p.m., according to Blair County Chief Deputy Coroner Paul Kerns. His body was discovered at St. Joseph Friary on Walnut Street in Hollidaysburg on Sunday.

Kaczmarek was reportedly the subject of a legal investigation, per Kerns.

“I don’t know what the deal is with that,” Kerns said.

In January 2014, Brother Stephen Baker is said to have died from a self-inflicted knife wound to the heart, while staying at the province’s St. Bernardine Monastery on Monastery Road in Newry. Baker was accused of sexually molesting possibly more than 100 male students at the former Bishop McCort High School.

Last October, 88 former students received a combined $8 million in compensation as part of a settlement with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Province of the Immaculate Conception of the Third Order Regular Franciscans and what is now known as Bishop McCort Catholic High School. Other cases are still ongoing.

Multiple sources have said the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General is investigating the Baker case. Agents from the AG’s office searched the monastery last Thursday, reportedly looking at multiple computers for information. Jeffrey Johnson, assistant press secretary for Attorney General Kathleen Kane, has repeatedly said he cannot confirm nor deny if any investigation is taking place.

A phone call to the monastery was answered by a woman who said the provincial, Rev. Fr. Patrick Quinn, TOR, had no comment.

There is no confirmed connection between Baker and Kaczmarek, other than their association with the Province of the Immaculate Conception.

Bob Hoatson, co-founder of Road to Recovery, a nonprofit organization that supports victims, has not heard of any sexual abuse allegations being made against Kaczmarek.

 “It’s sad, but something’s wrong,” Hoatson said. “That’s for sure.”