Brother Stephen Baker was permitted to work with children, molested over 100.
hree Franciscan friars are being ordered to stand trial on allegations they worked to protect a homosexual priest with a history of child molestation.
Following hours of testimony, a district judge in Blair County, Pennsylvania ruled Wednesday the Revs. Giles Schinelli, Robert D'Aversa and Anthony Criscitelli will face charges of conspiracy and endangering the welfare of children. Prosecutors allege that over two decades the three Franciscans, who successively acted as provincial ministers for the Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regulars of the Immaculate Conception Province in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania from 1986 to 2010, repeatedly allowed Br. Stephen Baker to work with children despite his known history of abusing minors, resulting in the purported molestation of over 100 children, the vast majority post-pubescent males.
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hree Franciscan friars are being ordered to stand trial on allegations they worked to protect a homosexual priest with a history of child molestation.
Following hours of testimony, a district judge in Blair County, Pennsylvania ruled Wednesday the Revs. Giles Schinelli, Robert D'Aversa and Anthony Criscitelli will face charges of conspiracy and endangering the welfare of children. Prosecutors allege that over two decades the three Franciscans, who successively acted as provincial ministers for the Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regulars of the Immaculate Conception Province in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania from 1986 to 2010, repeatedly allowed Br. Stephen Baker to work with children despite his known history of abusing minors, resulting in the purported molestation of over 100 children, the vast majority post-pubescent males.
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