KENTUCKY
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Summary of Case: Gerald “Jerry” Baker was ordained for the Diocese of Owensboro KY in 1983. He assisted for several years at St. Stephen’s Cathedral, then at St. Mary of the Woods in Whitesville before being named pastor in 1987 of an Earlington parish. He went on to pastor parishes in Hopkinsville and Morganfield, returning in 2012 to St. Mary of the Woods as pastor in 2012. While still in that role, in 2013 Baker was made pastor of St. John the Baptist in Fordsville. He also served on the diocese’s Priest Personnel Committee and Priests Council, and as Dean of the Hopkinsville Deanery. In May 2016 Baker was placed on leave after the diocese received an allegation that he had engaged in inappropriate conduct “of a sexual nature” with a male minor from St. Mary of the Woods. The Kentucky State Police began an investigation.
Ordained: 1983
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