Lawrence Hecker, the geriatric former priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago, pleaded guilty as charged to rape and other offensesTuesday morning.

A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in 1975.

The priest is scheduled to return to court on Dec. 18, where he will receive a life sentenceA former New Orleans priest had pleaded guilty to raping a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago.Lawrence Hecker,

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

Just as the trial of former New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker was set to begin Tuesday morning, he pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping a boy in the mid 70s.

Lawrence Hecker ’s decision in New Orleans’ criminal courthouse prevented the victim from telling a jury that his high school principal forced him to see a psychiatrist for “anger issues and fantasy stories” – or face expulsion – in the mid-1970s after reporting that the priest had raped him on campus.

A 93-year-old New Orleans priest accused of raping and kidnapping a young boy nearly 50 years ago has pleaded guilty to all charges shortly before a jury was supposed to be selected for his trial.

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

A San Fernando Valley man charged with slapping an autistic child at a bus stop appeared in court on Monday. Scott Sakajian was charged with willful cruelty to a child and battery on a person by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office in connection with a July 1 incident involving 10-year-old Alfredito Morales. The boy […]

Lawrence Hecker, who was indicted last year on charges related to a sexual assault in the 1970s, pleaded guilty on Tuesday just before jury selection for his trial was set to begin.