Hecker had been flown out of town and driven by limousine to a psychiatric facility which diagnosed him as an inveterate pedophile. He had been forced to take a monthslong sabbatical, to begin the ...

Clergy abuse survivors seek justice years after landmark report 02:33. A Louisiana grand jury charged 91-year-old disgraced priest Lawrence Hecker with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 1975 ...

Trial date set for Lawrence Hecker, ex-New Orleans priest accused of raping teenager He is charged with one count each of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated crime against nature, first-degree rape ...

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond, who has rebuffed calls from survivors of clergy sexual assaults to step down, said in an emailed statement that he hoped survivors of Hecker's abuse would ...

Archbishop Gregory Aymond conducting Easter Mass in St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans in 2020. He has rebuffed calls by clergy abuse survivors to step down. ... Mr. Hecker’s attorney, ...

In 2002, Hecker was allowed to retire.Some are questioning whether the diocese has downplayed clergy abuse.Archbishop Gregory Aymond has denied multiple on-camera interview requests for more than ...

Lawrence Hecker, the former New ... Five years ago, New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond identified 50 former clergy members that the church determined had been credibly accused. ...

A grand jury indicted Hecker last year following an investigation that revealed he had confessed to molesting multiple juveniles over his decades of service with the Archdiocese of New Orleans ...

He had just turned 16. He said Hecker took him from the church in Luling where Hecker was pastor to a Girl Scout retreat in St. Francisville, to help him for the weekend.

Lawrence Hecker, a retired priest, is accused of being a serial child molester.Survivors are demanding answers and closure, while the bankrupt Archdiocese of New Orleans says they are cooperating ...

The unsealed records show that in 1999, the archdiocese sent Hecker for an evaluation, where he was diagnosed as a pedophile. Prosecutors say Hecker admitted to sex abuse in a confession.

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond, who has rebuffed calls from survivors of clergy sexual assaults to step down, said in an emailed statement that he hoped survivors of Hecker's abuse would ...