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Man says Knoxville diocese knew about accusations months before acting
- Jan 18, 2020
An East Tennessee man says the Catholic Diocese of Knoxville knew about abuse allegations against a music teacher nearly a year before it took action against him.

By Associated Press
Tennessee Catholic diocese settles priest abuse lawsuit
- Jan 2, 2020
A Catholic Diocese in Tennessee has settled a lawsuit out of court with a man who alleged two priests sexually abused him as a child.

By Associated Press
Deceased Knoxville priest, bishop accused of sexual abuse
- Jul 23, 2019
A Tennessee man has sued the Diocese of Knoxville, claiming he was sexually abused by a priest and bishop while serving as an altar boy in the 1990s.

By Associated Press

Brother priests who became military chaplains reunited in burial ceremony
- Apr 26, 2019
Amid the pomp and ceremony that marks a military burial, Father Francis Brett was reunited after more than 50 years with his younger priest brother at Arlington National Cemetery.

By Dennis Sadowski
After heart procedure, Knoxville Bishop Stika back to regular schedule
- Dec 8, 2018
After spending one night in the hospital following a heart catheterization procedure, Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville was released from Parkwest Medical Center early Dec. 6 and returned to the chancery for a brief visit.

By Catholic News Service
Knoxville Diocese announces December heart procedure for its bishop
- Nov 29, 2018
Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee, has canceled a mid-December trip to visit family in the Midwest because he will instead be undergoing a heart procedure, the diocese said in a Nov. 26 media advisory.

By Rhina Guidos

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