PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Democrat
By Dave Sutor
dsutor@tribdem.com
The resignation of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane is not expected to impact the trial against three priests accused of failing to sufficiently protect children from Brother Stephen Baker, who was believed to be a child predator.
Revs. Giles A. Schinelli, Robert J. D’Aversa, and Anthony M. Criscitelli each face charges of conspiracy and endangering the welfare of children. Deputy Attorney General Daniel Dye, the lead prosecutor in the case, has argued the three defendants – in their roles as ministers provincial of the Third Order Regular, Province of the Immaculate Conception – gave Baker assignments that provided him access to children.
A status conference is scheduled to take place Wednesday in the case against Schinelli, D’Aversa, and Criscitelli.
The trial is not likely to begin until 2017, according to Blair County Judge Jolene Kopriva.
Baker allegedly abused at least 100 students at what was called Bishop McCort High School when he served there from 1992 through 2000. The friar died from a reported suicide in 2013.
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