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	Diocese Liable for Sexual Abuse By Mo Ibrahim Long Island Press [Mineola] May 18, 2007 http://www.longislandpress.com/?cp=162&show=article&a_id=11958 A Nassau jury found the Diocese of Rockville Center liable for sexual abuse Friday afternoon. The victims – a man and woman who were raped by their youth minister when they were teenagers – were awarded $11.4 million dollars in damages after the jury deliberated over the decision for eight days. The plaintiffs sued Matthew Maiello (the youth minister), Rev. Thomas Haggerty (the priest who hired Maeillo), St. Raphael's Church in East Meadow (the church where Maiello was employed), and the diocese. In 2003, Maiello admitted that he abused four children and plead guilty to third-degree rape and sodomy, serving over two years in prison. The Diocese of Rockville Center is the sixth largest diocese in country.
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