New York ? A jury found the nation’s sixth-largest Roman Catholic diocese and a church parish negligent Friday in a case involving a youth minister who repeatedly raped and sodomized teenagers in his care.

The jury awarded two victims a combined $11.4 million in damages in one of the rare civil cases to go to trial in the wake of the nationwide sex abuse scandal that erupted five years ago.

The jury found that the Diocese of Rockville Centre, one of its churches and a pastor were also negligent in the hiring and retention of the youth minister.

A spokesman for the diocese, Sean Dolan, declined to discuss the verdict. He said church officials hadn’t decided whether to appeal.