PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Democrat
Kathy Mellott
kmellott@tribdem.com
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Robert Hoatson spent Saturday afternoon and evening dealing with alleged victims of Brother Paul Stephen Baker, the Franciscan friar who committed suicide earlier in the day.
“At this point, they’re numb. They’re trying to figure out how they feel,” said Hoatson, a victim advocate who is founder and president of Road to Recovery of Livingston, N.J.
“They called him ‘Bro.’ There is shock and numbness.”
Baker, 62, had resided in Blair County since his early 2000s departure from Bishop McCort Catholic High School, where he worked on behalf of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown as a religion instructor and in the athletic department.
Baker died early Saturday of a self-inflicted stab wound.
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