MINNESOTA
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Source: Tom Halden, Director of Communications

From Archbishop Bernard Hebda

Today, Rev. Anthony Criscitelli, a priest of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular (TOR) and pastor of the Church of Saint Bridget in Minneapolis, was removed from ministry in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, pending the outcome of criminal charges that were filed against him this morning in Pennsylvania.

Those actions were taken in coordination with Fr. Criscitelli’s Religious community, the Province of the Immaculate Conception of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, upon learning that he had been indicted by the Attorney General of Pennsylvania in a case involving his Order. The precise criminal charges of “endangering the welfare of children and criminal conspiracy” are based on his supervision, as Minister Provincial of the Order of Friars Minor,…