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Detroit priest sentenced for rape

March 02, 2023

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CWN Editor's Note: Father Jack Baker, 61, a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit, has been sentenced to 3-15 years in prison following his conviction on charges of raping a child in a sacristy in 2004.

The child’s father reported the allegation to the Archdiocese of Detroit in 2019; the child is now in his 20s. Father Baker has maintained his innocence.

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