Survivor of notorious New Orleans child sex abuser priest speaks out for first time

Neil Duhon helped authorities secure the only criminal conviction against the serial child molester and Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker. Photograph: WWL Louisiana

The clergy abuse survivor who helped prosecutors secure the only conviction against a notorious child rapist and retired Roman Catholic priest in New Orleans is still hoping that authorities file criminal charges against his former high school principal and everyone else who enabled the clergyman.

“Everybody that had any part … needs to be held accountable. Period – period,” Neil Duhon, whose rapist was Lawrence Hecker, said in an interview with WWL Louisiana and the Guardian, the first and only time he’s ever revealed his identity to the public.