NEW ORLEANS — In the case of serial child molester and retired Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker, the cover-up failed.

Lawrence Hecker, the geriatric former priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago, pleaded guilty ...

A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in ...

WDSU Investigates has obtained documents sealed in a case involving New Orleans clergy sex abuse. The documents paint the ...

WWL Louisiana and The Guardian obtained exclusive would-be testimony from court documents after the priest pleaded guilty ...

The rape trial of former Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker, 93, begins Tuesday after months of delays. Allegations involve a ...

Former New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 4 on charges handed down by the Orleans Parish ...

A 93-year-old New Orleans priest accused of raping and kidnapping a young boy nearly 50 years ago has pleaded guilty to all ...

Just as the trial of former New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker was set to begin Tuesday morning, he pleaded guilty to ...

A San Fernando Valley man charged with slapping an autistic child at a bus stop appeared in court on Monday. Scott Sakajian ...

Father Lawrence Hecker’s trial was repeatedly delayed this year amid Hecker’s ill health and uncertainty over his mental ...

An investigation revealed Lawrence Hecker had confessed to molesting multiple juveniles over his decades of service with the ...