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Survivors of New Orleans clergy abuse weigh forgiveness in court: ‘It destroyed my faith in God’

Victims share painful memories in trial aiming to determine fairness of archdiocese’s $230m settlement proposal

The Guardian - US

New Orleans sexual abuse victims approve $230m Catholic church settlement

Victims to receive payments based on severity and effects of abuse perpetrated by members of clergy

The Guardian - US

Former priest who served under two Louisiana governors arrested for allegedly raping disabled child

Mark Francis Ford is accused of sexual crimes allegedly starting in 2004 against a then 10-year-old boy

The Guardian - US

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New Orleans church abuse documentary based on Guardian reporting wins top award

God As My Witness shares survivors’ stories and exposes church cover-ups as it returns to the scandal’s epicenter

The Guardian - US

New Orleans archdiocese increases sex abuse settlement offer to $230m guaranteed

Increase from initial guarantee of $180m is enough to persuade certain attorneys who were opposed to striking a deal to instead favor settling

The Guardian - US

Louisiana judge orders return of devices to ex-priest caught having sex on church altar

Former Roman Catholic priest and two dominatrices were evidently recording sexual videos in the church in 2020

The Guardian - US

Louisiana man groomed by priest says he felt ‘nauseous’ at clergyman’s parole hearing

Rex Perrette said the priest began sending him inappropriate texts when he was 16 years old

The Guardian - US

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‘Give me your word you won’t do it again’: convicted sex abuser priest tells how church gave him second chance

Patrick Wattigny revealed he blew archdiocese opportunity to stay in frock at parole hearing over molestation sentence

The Guardian - US

Film festival to premiere clergy sex abuse documentary partly based on Guardian reporting

God As My Witness details priest’s relationship with teen who later killed himself and other abuse allegations

The Guardian - US

New Orleans clergy abuse survivors say they’ve lost confidence in case’s judge

Comments come after it was revealed judge ignored DoJ recommendations against expelling survivors from panel

The Guardian - US

Judge disregarded bankruptcy trustee’s recommendation and punished New Orleans clergy abuse survivors

Molestation survivors were removed from committee in settlement talks after lawyer was accused of improperly identifying school chaplain as child sexual abuser

The Guardian - US

Clergy abuse survivor begs Louisiana not to release child molester: ‘It’s just not right’

Tim Gioe, abused as a child by disgraced priest Pat Wattigny, appeals to state’s department of corrections

The Guardian - US

New Orleans Catholic Church denies ousting food bank leaders for failing to finance abuse payouts

The New Orleans Catholic Church archbishop denies he ousted the CEO and several board members of a church-affiliated food bank for refusing to redirect millions of dollars to support clergy sexual abuse settlements

The Independent UK

New Orleans clergy abuse: Lawyer says claims that Saints emails protected by court order have no basis

Saints attorney maintains disclosure of messages showing team execs’ aid in softening media coverage was ‘violation’

The Guardian - US

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‘Shame on them’: anger and dismay from survivors over Saints clergy-abuse emails

Clergy abuse survivors and their supporters express pain over sports officials’ efforts to soften coverage of scandal

The Guardian - US

NFL chief calls Saints ‘great corporate citizens’ amid church abuse scandal

Roger Goodell speaks as emails detail how team helped to spin coverage of clergy sexual abuse scandal

The Independent UK

Emails detail how the NFL's New Orleans Saints helped the local church handle fallout from sex-abuse scandal

Shocking new emails show how far officials from the New Orleans Saints went to help church leaders handle the fallout from a sex scandal.

The Guardian - US

Here are prominent people named in the Saints clergy-abuse emails

Efforts to shape narrative pulled in or targeted government officials, local media figures

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The Guardian - US

‘Crisis communications’: emails show how NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans helped New Orleans church spin abuse scandal

Unearthed emails detail how the sports franchises’ owner and PR team counseled archdiocese on how to respond to unfolding clergy-abuse case

The Guardian - US

The Saints clergy-abuse emails: five takeaways from our investigation

The Guardian/WWL Louisiana report exposes behind-the-scenes messaging to manage a bombshell clergy-abuse scandal

The Guardian - US

New Orleans archbishop fires food bank leaders for refusing to fund abuse settlement

Bankrupt Roman Catholic archdiocese replaced members at church-affiliated non-profit over $16m dispute

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Former Catholic Priest Sentenced To Life For Teen Rape

Former Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker sentenced to life for raping a teenage boy. Survivors share abuse stories. Case highlights challenges of addressing ...

The Independent UK

Former New Orleans priest, 93, is sentenced to life in prison for raping boy decades ago

A New Orleans judge has sentenced a 93-year-old former Catholic priest to spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping a teenage boy in the 1970s

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