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There were six lawsuits pending as of 2007. [4]In 2003, The Miami Herald reported that, since the archdiocese began insurance coverage in 1966, insurance companies have paid $9.3 million for settlement, legal and counseling costs to resolve claims of sexual abuse by priests and other employees of the Archdiocese of Miami.
In a statement read by Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi in September 2009, the Holy See stated, "We know now that in the last 50 years somewhere between 1.5% and 5% of the Catholic clergy has been involved in sexual abuse cases", adding that this figure was comparable to that of other groups and denominations. [5]
Pope Benedict XVI was by far the biggest news maker, featured in 51.6% of the stories about the scandal in the mainstream U.S. media (including print, radio, network television, cable TV and online news sources) during the six-week period from March 12 through April 27.
A member of the congregation filmed and uploaded the address to YouTube. The video has since been viewed over 40,000 times. Simmons asked his congregation for forgiveness at Tallahassee's Jacob ...
A Florida priest is accused of biting a woman during a dispute at Sunday Mass and could be charged with battery. The woman attended a 10 a.m. service at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in St. Cloud on ...
The Diocese of Orlando is defending a Catholic priest accused of biting a woman who tried to grab Holy Communion wafers during Mass at a central Florida church. The confrontation occurred Sunday ...
A priest in Bolivia was arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting students at a seminary in 2013. The arrest comes following a scandal where former priest Alfonso Pedrajas confessed to having abused 85 children in Bolivia during the 1970s and 1980s in his personal diary prior to his death of cancer in 2009. [145]
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