PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Democrat
Kathy Mellott
kmellott@tribdem.com
JOHNSTOWN — Ken Salem, a mainstay at Bishop McCort Catholic High School for nearly two decades who many say was the sacrificial lamb following claims of sexual abuse by a former employee, is no longer with the school.
In what was termed as a “public statement,” issued Wednesday, the former principal said he decided to “voluntarily separate from Bishop McCort.”
The statement was circulated to the media by Matt Beynon, spokesman for the school since the beginning of the year, shortly after claims surfaced by former students that they had been molested by Brother Stephen Baker.
Baker was of the Franciscan order and worked at McCort from the early 1990s through the early 2000s as a religion teacher and in the athletic department, where he worked as a trainer.
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