Lawrence Hecker, an elderly and enfeebled former Catholic priest who pleaded guilty this month to raping a boy in a church gym in New Orleans nearly 50 years ago, died Thursday morning in prison only ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Recently convicted former New Orleans Priest, who was recently sentenced to life in prison for sex-related crimes, has died. 93-year-old Lawrence Hecker was sentenced on Dec. 18 ...

Archdiocese of New Orleans reports 99.63% of creditors, other than bondholders, approved of the $230 million deal ...

According to Mayor-Elect Helena Moreno, the only way the the State Bond Commission would give the city its $125 million bond request is if the council agreed to have a state administrator take over ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana authorities say a 93-year-old former Catholic priest sentenced to life in prison for raping a teenage boy has died. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge sentenced a 93-year-old former Catholic priest Wednesday to spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping a teenage boy decades ago. Lawrence Hecker had pleaded guilty ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — 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. Hecker initially ...

THE RETIRED NEW ORLEANS PRIEST CONVICTED OF RAPING A TEEN BOY HAS DIED IN PRISON. LAWRENCE HECKER HAS DIED AT AGE 93. ACCORDING TO HIS ATTORNEY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AT HUNT CORRECTIONAL ...

NEW ORLEANS — A 93-year-old former Catholic priest sentenced to life in prison earlier this month for raping a teenage boy has died, Louisiana authorities and his lawyer confirmed Friday. Less than ...