{"id":6539,"date":"2024-07-12T05:53:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T05:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/diocese-of-toledo-to-pay-1-million-to-three-priest-sex-abuse-victims\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T05:53:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T05:53:35","slug":"diocese-of-toledo-to-pay-1-million-to-three-priest-sex-abuse-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/diocese-of-toledo-to-pay-1-million-to-three-priest-sex-abuse-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Di\u00f6zese Toledo zahlt $1 Million an drei Opfer von sexuellem Missbrauch durch Priester"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] Source Rosary Cathedral in Toledo, Ohio. \/ Credit: Susan Montgomery\/Shutterstock The Diocese of Toledo will pay out a seven-figure sum to three victims of priest sexual abuse after agreeing to a settlement.The payout will go to victims of disgraced priest Michael Zacharias, who was convicted on five counts of sex trafficking by a federal jury in Ohio last May. His crimes, committed between 1999 and 2020, involved three victims, two of whom were minors when Zacharias began abusing them.Konrad\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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His crimes, committed between 1999 and 2020, involved three victims, two of whom were minors when Zacharias began abusing them.Konrad\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-6539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59106,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/diocese-of-salt-lake-city-affirms-credible-abuse-allegation-against-colombian-born-priest\/","url_meta":{"origin":6539,"position":0},"title":"Diocese of Salt Lake City affirms credible abuse allegation against Colombian-born priest","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"August 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. \/ Credit: Ritu Manoj Jethani\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 1, 2025 \/ 13:15 pm (CNA). 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