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19 April 2016

Witness: 3 religious leaders enabled friar to be predator

Records from a Franciscan religious order show three former leaders knew a friar had been accused of child sex abuse before he was allowed to work at a high school and other jobs where he was later accused of molesting more than 100 children, an investigator testified Thursday.
Jessica Eger, a special agent with the state's Bureau of Criminal Investigation, said documents showed Giles Schinelli, Robert D'Aversa and Anthony Criscitelli were aware of allegations dating to 1977 against Brother Stephen Baker, who killed himself in 2013.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/855b9bbdfdf3467cb4397fc7aeb87c82/3-franciscan-friars-face-child-endangerment-hearing#