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Victim Advocates Accuse Detroit Archdiocese Of Molestation Coverup

Victim Advocates Accuse Detroit Archdiocese Of Molestation Coverup
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The cross on the steeple of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church is undamaged in Henryville, Ind., Saturday, March 3, 2012. The church, in the path of the storm, suffered roof damage but with hold services in the church on Sunday. Three people were killed in Southern Indiana by Tornados on Friday. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

DETROIT — Brother Stephen Baker, 62, a Catholic friar who in the 1980s called Metro Detroit home, committed suicide with a knife Saturday.

Last week Baker was named in a legal settlement with 11 men who claimed they were sexually assaulted by Baker at an Ohio high school in the 1980s; and in total, more than 80 total alleged victims from Ohio and Pennsylvania have made molestation claims, according to the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.

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