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28 April 2016

Three Franciscan priests ordered to stand trial in sex abuse case

Hours of testimony and legal jousting led to a quick conclusion Wednesday afternoon when a judge ordered three Franciscan priests to stand trial on charges of conspiracy and endangering the welfare of children for their oversight of a sexually abusive friar.
Blair County District Judge Paula Aigner made the ruling without elaborating after a prosecutor argued that the three put hundreds of children in harm's way over nearly two decades by assigning the late Brother Stephen Baker to work among them.

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2016/04/27/Hearing-resumes-for-3-Franciscan-priests-charged-in-sex-abuse-case/stories/201604270158