PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Democrat
BY PATRICK BUCHNOWSKI PBUCHNOWSKI@TRIBDEM.COM
The Franciscan friar at the heart of a high school sex scandal in Johnstown is dead.
Brother Stephen P. Baker, who had been accused of sexually abusing boys when he taught at Bishop McCort Catholic High School, died today.
A spokesman for St. Bernardine Monastery of the Franciscan Friars Third Order Reagular near Hollidaysburg issued a statement confirming the death.
“We regret to announce that Brother Stephen Baker died this morning,” said Father Patrick Quinn, TOR, minister provincial.
“The matter is under investigation by the authorities.”
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