FLORIDA
Miami Herald

By Daniel Chang and Diana Moskovitz
dchang@MiamiHerald.com

One of South Florida’s most notorious priests — accused by several men of molesting them in their youth — was in Broward Circuit Court Monday morning pleading no contest to half a dozen criminal charges.

Circuit Judge Kenneth Gillespie accepted the plea deal and will render sentencing Jan. 28.

The Rev. Neil Doherty faces 12 to 15 years imprisonment under the agreement.

Doherty, now retired from the Archdiocese of Miami, has served at several South Florida churches, including St. Vincent’s in Margate, St. Anthony in Fort Lauderdale and St. Phillip in Northwest Miami-Dade.