PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police say a Franciscan friar accused of sexual
abusing students at schools in two states killed himself at a western
Pennsylvania monastery.
Blair Township police Chief Roger White tells the
Associated Press an autopsy by the county coroner confirmed that
62-year-old Brother Stephen Baker died of a self-inflicted knife wound.
White said officers were called to St. Bernardine
Monastery in Hollidaysburg on Saturday morning after another resident
had found Baker not breathing.
Baker was named last week in legal settlements with
11 men who alleged he sexually abused them at a northeast Ohio school
three decades ago. A Pennsylvania school said it has also received
molestation allegations involving Baker.
Youngstown Bishop George Murray called for prayers for abuse victims, Baker's family "and the repose of his soul."
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