The Cooler

Not a whole lot going on in the news this morning. Here's what I found somewhat interesting.

A- Herald: Another sanctimonious hypocrite.

The Miami Archdiocese faces another child abuse lawsuit involving an accused serial molester already being held in the Broward County jail in a criminal case.

In a lawsuit, Fr. Neil Doherty is accused of drugging and sexually molesting Dennis Montero almost three decades ago as the priest “blessed him” and told the then 15-year-old “his job was to share God’s love.’’

“He drugged me repeatedly and raped me repeatedly. This guy is a monster,” Montero, 43, said Thursday. “I ended up punishing myself with drugs and alcohol to deal with the pain.’’

Doherty, 69, already named in more than two dozen sex-abuse lawsuits, is in jail awaiting trial on a charge of sexually assaulting a minor in Broward County.

B- Herald: Dolphins lose.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- A chilly Thursday night in Upstate New York ushered in a cold truth for the Dolphins and their regressing offense:

The blowout loss to the Titans appears less like an anomaly and more like a sign of things to come.

C- Herald: They write letters.

A-Rod in Miami?

There can be only one explanation for the Marlins’ extraordinary player clearance sale and that is to clear the payroll for Alex Rodriguez to come to Miami; otherwise, it is Jeffrey Loria begging to be removed from Major League Baseball.

Roger Shatanof, Coral Gables

D- WSVN: Life in South Florida.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WSVN) -- An elderly man found guilty of allowing his dog to maul a cat is headed to prison.

Hume Hamilton, 82, was sentenced to three years in prison, followed by two years of probation,Thursday morning.

In July, Hamilton was seen on surveillance video along the 900 block of South Andrews Avenue, walking a dog up a driveway where the cat was resting. When Hamilton's dog starts to viciously attack the cat, he uses his foot to step on the cat, trying to separate the two.

The cat died from its injuries.

Last month, a jury found Hamilton guilty of animal cruelty. "Now, we can move on," said the cat's owner, Wayne Spath. "We have closure now, justice has prevailed."

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