In 1989, the abuse was reported to the Archdiocese of Miami, and a number of families came forward to say that Ringenberger had molested their children while 'wrestling.' The archdiocese did little else other than reassign the priest, according to the lawsuit. The suit claims that Ringenberger then had John lie on top of him while 'Ringenberger rubbed his penis against John's until Ringenberger ejaculated.' The suit goes on to say Ringenberger continued to sexually abuse John. There, Ringenberger allegedly stripped naked and the two began to wrestle. One evening, Ringenberger took John out to dinner, and then brought him back to his home, which was located in the church rectory at St. The lawsuit, filed in Broward County court this week, claims that Ringenberger, who is now 89, befriended the victim, identified only as John Doe, when the boy was 14.

Pius X Catholic Church in Fort Lauderdale until he retired in 2014. Maximilian Kolbe Church, was eventually reassigned to a new parish within the Archdiocese of Miami, and then worked at St. The priest, now retired, is Father Harry Ringenberger, who served at St. The civil lawsuit claims that several boys at the parish were also abused and that although the abuses were reported to the Archdiocese of Miami, the reports went ignored. “We hope this becomes a way to reinvigorate our community of faith.A 41-year-old man who served under a Catholic priest in a Pembroke Pines parish as a boy in the 1980s has filed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Miami for sexual abuse. “There are over four million Catholics in Miami,” added Wenski. “We decided that for our of parishioners’ health and safety, and for the sake of our churches that we will now be accepting donations in the form of Bitcoin.” Each church within the archdiocese will now be creating plastic plaques and paper pamphlets for their parishioners to scan and donate to each churches’ Bitcoin wallet. “One of our resident priests returned from El Salvador and explained the use of Bitcoin and the Lightning network using QR codes,” Wenski told reporters. “Having people donate germ covered dollar bills was no longer an option for us.” Members of the congregation found an aptly named “Savior” from recent adoption news in El Salvador. “We had to reduce capacity to hold services and we could no longer pass around a collection dish,” said Archbishop Thomas Wenski. MIAMI, FL – After being shutdown early last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Catholic Archdiocese of Miami met this week to discuss annual revenues.

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