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Lawrence Hecker faces felony counts of rape, kidnapping, aggravated crime against nature and theft

A Louisiana grand jury has charged a now-91-year-old disgraced priest with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 1975.

One of the most notoriously abusive retired clergymen in the Archdiocese of New Orleans has publicly admitted for the first time that he sexually molested or harassed several teenagers during

Lawrence Hecker publicly admitted that he sexually molested or harassed several teenagers during his career

It's $13 million and counting to the church’s own bankruptcy lawyers and accountants, who have fought to justify the church’s need for protection from creditors.

NEW ORLEANS — As hundreds of sexual abuse survivors keep waiting for years to see any money from a bankrupt New Orleans Archdiocese, new court filings show the church is

Inquiry ordered following Guardian investigation into retired priest who confessed decades ago to child molestation

Judge had been asked to recuse herself over donations she made to church run by archdiocese that employed admitted child abuser

Clergy sexual abuse claimant is calling on Judge Jane Triche Milazzo, who has donated money to archdiocese, to step aside

It wasn’t until similar abuse allegations came to light in Boston that Lawrence Hecker was quietly retired in 2002.