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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 Sunday and tried to take Communion, the Diocese of Orlando said. She had a brief discussion with the […]

That’s not the body of Christ. A priest bit a woman during a scuffle as she attempted to receive Communion inside a Florida church on Sunday in what he claimed was a bid to protect a bread wafer, authorities said.   While Father Fidel Rodriguez admitted to the bite during Mass, there are contrasting versions […]

“I believe that his excuse was that I wasn’t super-holy, in his eyes,” the woman, who was wearing a white shirt and pants, told police. But the priest told police sexual orientation had nothing to do with it. When the woman didn’t hold her hands out one on top of the other or open her […]

A priest was arrested after allegedly biting a woman during communion at a central Florida church. Officers from the St. Cloud Police Department in Florida arrested a priest — identified as Father Fidel — after he allegedly had an altercation with a woman during Mass, according to local news sites WFTV, WKMG-TV and WDBO. According […]

A priest could face charges after he allegedly bit a woman during a dispute over the Holy Communion at a Florida church. The alleged incident happened Sunday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in St. Cloud, less than 30 miles south of Orlando. According to a St. Cloud Police report, the incident happened during Mass. […]

ORLANDO, FLA. (WSVN) – Catholic Mass is celebrated every Sunday at St.Thomas Aquinas Church in Central Florida. Like churches all over the world this past Sunday, parishioners received communion, but this Mass took a chaotic turn when a priest reportedly bit a woman in attendance. The unidentified woman told St. Cloud Police that the scuffle […]

ST. CLOUD, Fla. – A Florida priest could face charges after an argument over Communion resulted in allegations that he bit a woman, according to the St. Cloud Police Department. In a charging affidavit, police said the incident happened around 1:20 p.m. Sunday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church along Brown Chapel Road. Upon arrival, […]

A Catholic priest saying Mass in St. Cloud bit a woman as she grabbed Holy Communion wafers from him, and the Diocese of Orlando defended his actions Thursday as an attempt “to prevent an act of desecration.” St. Cloud police arrived Sunday afternoon at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church to speak with Father Fidel Rodriguez, […]

US News By David Propper Published May 23, 2024, 10:44 p.m. ET That’s not the body of Christ. A priest bit a woman during a scuffle as she attempted to receive Communion inside a Florida church on Sunday in what he claimed was a bid to protect a bread wafer, authorities said.   While Father […]

ST CLOUD, Fla. — Communion at a Central Florida church took an unexpected turn – an argument that ended with a priest biting a church member, according to police. It all went down on Sunday at the St. Thomas Aquinas Church in St Cloud. Police have recommended that the priest, Father Fidel, be charged with […]