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A Roman Catholic church in Lake Worth, Florida, Sacred Heart Church also runs a private school of approximately 200 students.

The church was built in the early 1950s, although the parish was founded in 1921.

Eventual spree killer Charles Whitman attended the church with his family in the 1950s, serving as an altar boy, and fostered a close relationship with Fr. Joseph Leduc, which he maintained throughout his adult life. . Whitman was confirmed at the church, where he adopted the confirmation name "Joseph" for himself.

In October 2006, congressman Mark Foley tried to explain his responsibility in the on-going scandal by revealing that he had been abused as a teenager, while he was serving as an altar boy at the church. Fr. Anthony Mercieca confessed to the abuse, but argued that it had been consensual.