Friars seek to bar Baker evidence Attorneys say jury could improperly convict if settlement, payment info allowed

If a jury hears about settlements or payments to the victims of Brother Stephen Baker, the danger of an improper conviction will prevail, attorneys Robert Ridge and Charles Porter argue in pre-trial motions filed recently at the courthouse on behalf of friars Robert J. D’Aversa and Anthony J. Criscitelli. D’Aversa and Criscitelli were administrators for Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular, Hollidaysburg, between 1994 and 2010, when Baker was assigned to work at Bishop McCort High School as a religion teacher, athletic trainer and vocations director.

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