Up the Chain

His superiors knew that Brother Stephen Baker had sexually abused a minor. But, as is often the case, they kept quiet about it — even as Baker was assigned to work with more kids as an athletic trainer, a stint during which he became known for naked massages and other offenses. And now, three of those superiors have been indicted in Pennsylvania. From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette: “The charges represent one of the broadest-ever drives to hold Roman Catholic higher-ups to account in any American criminal court for the sexual abuse of minors by those under their supervision. And they’re the first religious-order superiors to face such charges.” That last sentence … wow.