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

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

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

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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

The Guardian - US

New Orleans Archbishop Offers Prayers After Deadly New Year's Attack

Archbishop Aymond offers prayers and support for victims of New Year's tragedy in New Orleans, emphasizing unity and compassion.

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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

The Independent UK

US priest accused of sexual assault turns down 20-year plea deal

Decision leaves Anthony Odiong on course for trial on charges that could carry a maximum of life imprisonment

The Guardian - US

Priest who worked in Texas and Louisiana tentatively set to plead guilty to sexual assault

Anthony Odiong to appear Monday in court over charges he abused his position to pursue sex with congregants

The Guardian - US

‘They covered up child rape’: how the New Orleans archdiocese protected a priest who preyed on children

An elderly priest’s guilty plea exposes the church’s history of shielding predators in its midst for decades

The Guardian - US

Catholic priest accused of sexual assault fathered children of victims, court hears

Revelation emerges at hearing for Anthony Odiong, 55, charged with several counts and held in Texas on $5.5m bail

The Guardian - US

Head of New Orleans’ embattled Catholic archdiocese offers to resign

Gregory Aymond’s offer, required because he turns 75, says he wants to stay for resolution of institution’s bankruptcy but adds it is up to Pope Francis

The Guardian - US

New Orleans archdiocese agrees to release secret files on clergy accused of child sexual abuse

Move follows church’s 2020 bankruptcy filing, hundreds of allegations and a standoff with survivors

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Expert issues report on how to settle highly contentious New Orleans church bankruptcy case

Mohsin ‘Mo’ Meghji was paid $350,000 to advise on conflicting settlement proposals from the church and clergy abuse victims

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Expert hired to help resolve New Orleans archdiocese bankruptcy faces FBI scrutiny

Mohsin Meghji’s conduct in a separate case raised ethics questions as ex-judge he was linked to faces investigation

The Guardian - US

New Orleans archdiocese bankruptcy parties wary of turnaround expert after WSJ investigation

Mohsin Meghji drew scrutiny for behavior with bankruptcy judges in unrelated case involving drugmaker

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Texas files more sexual assault charges against Catholic priest accused of preying on women

New indictment leaves Anthony Odiong facing seven sexual assault charges – all in connection with three women

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The Guardian - US

Texas grand jury indicts Catholic priest on three felony sexual assault charges

Anthony Odiong is accused of sexual assault by at least eight women whom the priest had been counseling

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New Orleans Catholic church offers $62.5m after abuse victims seek $1bn

Archdiocese’s proposal comes as survivors of sexual abuse by clergy request ‘very reasonable’ $1bn to settle claims

The Guardian - US

‘We called her mastodon’: infamous New Orleans orphanage’s abusive history ran deeper than ever known

Survivors of child sex abuse by male and female clergy seek justice – but are answered with silence

The Guardian - US

Volunteer with key role in New Orleans church bankruptcy admits to stunning lack of qualifications

Lee Eagan said he lacked prior experience, failed to familiarize himself with rules and suffered cognitive decline as case expenses soar to $40m

The Guardian - US

‘The devil was in that building’: New Orleans church orphanages’ dark secrets

Survivors of institutions run by Catholic diocese recall litany of sexual abuse as bankruptcy process keeps documents hidden

The Guardian - US

Bankruptcy court stacks odds in New Orleans church’s favor over abuse claims: ‘I’ve never felt so powerless’

Chapter 11 protection is designed to give an organization time to reorganize its finances to pay its debts but victims of clerical abuse feel frustrated by a lengthy and opaque process

The Guardian - US

‘You’re only as sick as your secrets’: New Orleans clergy abuse bankruptcy is uniquely acrimonious

The church is using legal tactics to prevent testimony from survivors and spur expensive inquiries into its critics

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