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New Orleans Bankruptcy Trustee: Archdiocese STILL Suppressing Credibly Accused Clergy Names
The trustee overseeing the bankruptcy settlement between the Archdiocese of New Orleans and hundreds of clergy sex abuse survivors is questioning the local Roman Catholic Church’s commitment to provisions of ...
Another Louisiana Bishop Offers Mass Dispensations for Illegal Aliens
The Archdiocese of New Orleans is allowing Catholics who are fearful of leaving their homes to miss Mass while U.S. Border Patrol agents fan out across the city in the ...
Sexual Abuse Survivors Reach $230 Million Deal With Archdiocese of New Orleans
Nearly a dozen attorneys who collectively represent more than 200 clergy sex abuse survivors in the Archdiocese of New Orleans bankruptcy have thrown their support behind a proposed settlement plan, signaling ...
Bond Set at $75,000 for Former Slidell Priest Arrested in Second Child Sex Abuse Case
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 ...
Louisiana Priest Accused of Sexual Abuse Arrested in Georgia
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, ...
Priest Recorded Having Group Sex on Altar
The lights inside Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Pearl River were on later than usual on Sept. 30, so a passerby stopped to take a closer look ...
Archdiocese of New Orleans To File Bankruptcy
New Orleans Becomes 23rd US Diocese To Declare Bankruptcy. The Archdiocese of New Orleans is preparing to file for bankruptcy, a source familiar with the matter said Thursday evening, as ...
Former New Orleans Deacon Jailed on Abuse Charge
A former Roman Catholic deacon who was removed from the ministry in 1988 over multiple accusations of child molestation was jailed early Saturday on allegations that he raped a preteen ...
Louisiana: New Catholic Priest Abuse Reports Test Legacies of Archbishops
As the rain ceased and the skies cleared on the afternoon of Sept. 12, 1987, the world leader of Roman Catholicism stepped to the altar of a canopied pavilion at ...