Subject: Archdiocese of Miami

• Bienes, Avellino, Madoff and The Church

  Bienes Knighted By Catholic Church Well, the Sun-Sentinel, apparently in a panic over the New York Times beating it to the story, finally reported on the connection between Fort Lauderdale philanthropist Michael Bienes and his partner, Frank Avellino, to Bernie Madoff, the $50 billion Ponzi schemer. I've rarely seen one newspaper so derelict in reporting a major story in its own back yard -- and its offering today is nothing but a small pile of dung. More on that late

  January 18, 2009

• St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Monsignor On Madoff Victim List -- UPDATED

  The full list of Bernie Madoff fraud victims has been released by the court and among them is St. Thomas Aquinas High, the football powerhouse private Catholic school in Fort Lauderdale.   Listed as the representative for the St. Thomas account is Monsignor Vincent Kelly, who also is personally named as an investor in the $50 billion fraud. Kelly is the supervising principal at St. Thomas and has served as the curriculum director for the entire Archdiocese of Miami.

  February 5, 2009

• They Sinned Against Man, and They Shall Be Punished

  Maybe trusting somebody based on ethnic and religious associations ain't such a swell idea. I'm not even talking about what Madoff did to his friends in the South Florida Jewish community. The South Florida Catholic community has a fraudster of its own -- the Rev. Francis Guinan, who this afternoon was convicted of stealing $20,000 to $100,000 from his Delray Beach parish.A national group called the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests quickly fired off a statement reminding observers th

  February 23, 2009

• Catholic School to Go Public

  St. Stephen Catholic School in Miramar will close at the end of the school year and the space will be taken over by a public charter school this fall, according to Sister Mary David Magee, the school's principal.   On St. Stephen's Facebook page (Sorry, no link. You'll have to log onto your own account and search yourself), it says the school will be run by a company called Somerset Academy. "Religion will not be taught nor spoken about (just as a regular public school)," a Facebook posting

  March 17, 2009

• Madoff's Man

  Fort Lauderdale multimillionaire Michael Bienes never cut ties with Bernie Madoff — even after the SEC shut him down.

  January 22, 2009

• Speak No Evil

  When a Margate priest misbehaved, the archdiocese punished his secretary

  June 12, 2008

• Lambs to Slaughter

  Again and again, local claims of abuse point to one priest, the Rev. Neil Doherty, and the Catholic archdiocese that protected him

  April 17, 2008

• Stop the Internets!

  The Sun-Sentinel was quick to back a high school's online witch-hunt

  February 16, 2006

• Our Lady of Hollywood

  Rosa Lopez welcomes the Virgin Mary to her home every month. Hallelujah!

  September 4, 2003

• Poor Ferdy

  Ferdinand Mahfood embezzled thousands of dollars from his own charity to support his mistresses. So why is he hanging around?

  March 22, 2001

• With Plea by Former CFO, Dread Among Ponzi Schemers' South Florida Friends

  miamiarchdiocese.orgKnighted by the Miami Archdiocese, Michael Bienes may have to duel with the government's new witness.​Manhattan accountant Frank DiPascali confessed this week to his role in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, and he just might be the snitch that federal prosecutors have been waiting for. In particular, two Madoff associates in South Florida, Michael Bienes and Frank Avellino appear to have cause for anxiety.DiPascali's intimate involvement with Madoff's investments is detaile

  August 13, 2009