MINNESOTA
KARE
Associated Press and KARE Staff , KARE
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. – A Minnesota parish leader is one of three Franciscan friars arraigned Friday morning in Pennsylvania after being charged with allowing a suspected sexual predator to hold jobs where he molested more than 100 children.
Anthony Criscitelli, Robert D’Aversa, and Giles Schinelli are free until an April 14 preliminary hearing on child endangerment and conspiracy charges. Each carries up to seven years in prison.
State prosecutors say Schinelli assigned Brother Stephen Baker to Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown, where he molested students from 1992 to 2000.
Criscitelli and D’Aversa also headed Baker’s Franciscan order based near Hollidaysburg. They are charged with continuing to allow Baker access to the school and students.
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