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Financial misconduct

Principal gets probation as Florida Catholic community faces second $200k theft

For the second time in a decade, the St. Coleman’s community has been hit by six-figure embezzlement.

Michelle La Rosa
Apr 17, 2026
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A former Catholic school principal in Miami will avoid jail time after being convicted of stealing $200,000 from the school where she worked – the second six-figure theft discovered at St. Coleman’s Church and School in the past eight years.

Former principal Lori St. Thomas received 10 years’ probation and is being required to pay back $121,548 to St. Co…

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