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Observer-Dispatch
By PHILIP A. VANNO
Observer-Dispatch
Posted Aug 19, 2013
UTICA —
The Very Rev. Stephen Enea has until Sept. 5 to decide if he will accept a deal offered by the District Attorney’s Office, or go to trial to answer charges that he failed to pay contractors close to $500,000 for renovations to his Cornhill church.
Flanked by a handful of supporters, Enea, head of the Cathedral of the Theotokos of Great Grace, appeared before Judge Michael Dwyer in Oneida County Court Monday morning alongside public defender Corey Zennamo, and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The archbishop of the Italo-Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of the Americas and Canada, along with his chief operating officer, Phillip G. Barker Jr., were indicted without counsel on Aug. 13, but were required to re-appear Monday with attorneys.
Barker did not enter a plea since he still has no representation — it was determined Monday that he doesn’t qualify for public defense. Dwyer gave him until Thursday to find an attorney, and return to court.
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