Twenty-eight victims of the late Franciscan friar Stephen Baker,
whose superiors face a criminal trial for allegedly failing to halt his
years of sexual assaults on minors, reached a $900,000 settlement
earlier this year with the Diocese of Youngstown and his religious
order — settlements that some advocates now say were insultingly low.
The out-of-court settlements were reached in March after mediation between lawyers for all sides but only recently became public. In addition to the diocese, the settlement was reached with the Hollidaysburg, Pa.-based Immaculate Conception Province of the Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regulars.
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2016/09/13/Franciscans-Youngstown-diocese-settle-with-28-victims/stories/201609130157
The out-of-court settlements were reached in March after mediation between lawyers for all sides but only recently became public. In addition to the diocese, the settlement was reached with the Hollidaysburg, Pa.-based Immaculate Conception Province of the Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regulars.
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2016/09/13/Franciscans-Youngstown-diocese-settle-with-28-victims/stories/201609130157