Local church leaders accused of enabling child abuse

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Millard K. Ives millard.ives@dailycommercial.com

MOUNT DORA — A Catholic priest in Mount Dora was charged in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday with conspiracy and child endangerment after he reportedly helped provide jobs to a friar who was a known sexual predator.

Father Robert D’Aversa, 69, of St. Patrick Catholic Community in Mount Dora, has until Friday to turn himself in. He has been placed on administrative leave.

Also facing the same charge is Giles Schinelli, 73, now a pastoral administrator at the San Pedro Center, a Catholic retreat in Winter Park, and Anthony M. Criscitelli, a pastor of St. Bridget Parish Community in Minneapolis.

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