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Jessica KwongPublished May 24, 2024, 8:59pm|Updated May 25, 2024, 7:50pm A priest bit a woman at Thomas Aquinas Church in St Cloud, Florida, on Sunday (Picture: WFTV) A priest allegedly denied a woman Communion and bit her to ‘protect’ a wafer representing the body of Christ. Father Fidel Rodriguez was performing the Communion at St Thomas […]

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WFTV A Florida priest is accused of biting a woman during Communion at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in St. Cloud. CNN  —  A Florida priest is accused of biting a woman while giving out Communion during a Mass in St. Cloud in an alleged “attempt to defend the Communion bread,” according to the charging affidavit […]

ST. CLOUD, Fla. (TND) — Communion at a Florida church took an unexpected turn during an argument between a woman and a priest that led to a bitten arm during Sunday Mass. The St. Thomas Aquinas Church parishioner alleged, in police video obtained by The National Desk (TND), that Fidel Rodriguez denied her from receiving […]

In bodycam video, the priest admitted to biting the woman; the diocese claims he was “attempting to prevent an act of desecration of the Holy Communion,” she believes she was possibly singled out over her sexuality. A Florida priest has admitted to biting a churchgoer during a dispute over communion. The incident went down last […]

CV NEWS FEED // A Florida priest defended the Eucharist from a non-parishioner on Sunday after the woman grabbed consecrated hosts from him and crushed them with her hand. On May 19 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in St. Cloud, Florida, the pastor, Fr. Fidel Rodriguez, was distributing Communion during the 10 a.m. Mass when […]

A Central Florida priest admitted to biting the forearm of a woman during a Holy Communion dispute earlier this week, but said he did so to defend himself and the sacrament. The shocking incident unfolded Sunday morning at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in St. Cloud, just south of Orlando, when parishioners were receiving communion. Father […]

Father Fidel Rodriguez, a parochial vicar at the St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in St. Cloud, Florida, was undertaking a service on Sunday when a woman demanded Communion bread A priest has been arrested after he was accused of biting a woman A priest has been arrested after he was accused of biting a woman […]

Body camera video shows St. Cloud police officers responding to an incident at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, where a woman claims the priest bit her arm.Cellphone video of the incident taken by another member of the church shows the incident. According to the redacted police report, it all happened during Mass when the […]

It’s safe to say this priest isn’t absolving a Florida woman anytime soon. A Florida priest and a member of his congregation got into a scuffle that led to the priest biting the woman. To make this even stranger, it all happened over Communion. The priest claimed he bit her to protect a wafer. According […]