Diocese $900K settlement with 28 alleged sexual abuse victims of Franciscan friar

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Catholic Diocese of Youngstown and the Third Order Regular Franciscan Friars of Hollidaysburg, Pa., have reached a $900,000 settlement with 28 people who say they were sexually abused by Brother Stephen Baker, according to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner.

Baker, formerly a teacher and coach at John F. Kennedy High School in Warren, killed himself in 2013.