Former Catholic priest Patrick Wattigny has pleaded guilty to two counts of molestation of a juvenile in court Wednesday and was sentenced to five years in prison. The judge also gave Wattigny five years of probation and said he had to register as a sex offender. In a victim statement in court, one of … Read more
Bond has been set at $75,000 for Patrick Wattigny, a former Catholic priest who was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail Tuesday on a count of molestation of a juvenile, according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office. Wattigny, 55, was still in jail mid-afternoon Wednesday. This is the second child sex abuse arrest … Read more
Police in Georgia have arrested Roman Catholic priest Patrick Wattigny on a St. Tammany Parish warrant accusing him of sexually abusing a minor while he was leading a Slidell church, authorities said Friday. Wattigny’s arrest comes a little more than three weeks after he allegedly admitted to the Archdiocese of New Orleans that he had … Read more