FBI Clergy Abuse New Orleans Title: FBI opens sweeping probe of clergy sex abuse in New Orleans Author: Jim Mustian Publisher: Associated Press Date: 29JUN2022 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The FBI has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back decades, a rare federal foray into
Louisiana House Bill 492 Title: Bill giving some child sex abuse victims more time to sue passes Louisiana House Author: Ramon Antonio Vargas Publisher: NOLA.Com Date: 11MAY2021 Bill was championed by a coalition of mostly Catholic clerical molestation victims. The Louisiana House on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill that would give victims of child molestation
Jackie Berthelot Clergy Abuse Title: Gretna councilman says he’s victim of notorious clergy abuser at dramatic legislative hearing Author: Ramon Antonio Vargas Publisher: Nola.Com Date: 03MAY2021 A Gretna City Council member revealed that he was sexually preyed on in grade school by one of the Archdiocese of New Orleans’ most notorious clergy abusers when he
Unseal Lawrence Hecker Deposition Title: Attorneys for alleged church sex abuse victim ask court to unseal deposition of accused priest Author: Kimberly Curth Publisher: FOX 8 WVUE-TV Date: 28DEC2020 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – In a recently filed motion, attorneys for an alleged church sex abuse victim say former priest Lawrence Hecker “is still very much
SNAP Archbishop Gregory Aymond Title: The Connection between Archbishop Gregory Aymond and St. John Vianney Prep Author: Kevin Bourgeois Publisher: Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Date: 03DEC2020 I am a proud graduate of St. John Prep’s final graduating class of 1985. My high school alma mater closed, we were told, because not
Archbishop of New Orleans Title: What Else is Archbishop Aymond Hiding? Author: Kevin Bourgeois, Publisher: SNAP New Orleans Date: 06OCT2020 Keeping child sexual abuse a secret is something that most survivors can empathize with, but this story is a bit different. Three men shared their secret with a friend and mentor while in high school at St. John Prep over forty
NOLA Bankruptcy Whole Truth Title: ‘The whole truth’: Bankruptcy judge urged to unseal records of alleged abusive New Orleans priest Author: Ramon Antonio Vargas Publisher: NOLA Date: 10JUL2020 Attorneys for a man who alleges he was preyed upon by a New Orleans priest suspected of molesting “countless children” wants a federal bankruptcy judge to unseal reams