A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in 1975. Lawrence Hecker , who left the ministry in 2002, had been ...

A former New Orleans priest accused of rape and kidnapping a child in the 1970s has had a second mental competency evaluation, and the results are expected to be addressed sometime in June.

Lawrence Hecker, former New Orleans priest accused of sexual abuse, pleads guilty Hecker, 93, had instead been scheduled to stand trial on Tuesday.

The trial for a New Orleans priest accused of raping and kidnapping a child in the 1970s is still set for next week despite attorneys push for a mental competency evaluation. Lawrence Hecker's ...

"Lawrence Hecker got away with grotesque sexual felonies against children for many decades under the protection of the Archdiocese of New Orleans," Trahant said.

Lawrence Hecker, 91, faces felony counts of rape, kidnapping, aggravated crime against nature and theft. ... A New Orleans native, Hecker was ordained as an archdiocesan priest in 1958.

As he walked into New Orleans’ historic St. Louis Cathedral in early January 2000 to receive the honorary, Vatican-bestowed title of monsignor, veteran Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker had ...

A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in 1975.. Lawrence Hecker, who left the ministry in 2002, had been ...

And New Orleans’ archdiocese – which has been led by archbishop Gregory Aymond since 2009 – did not turn over Hecker’s church personnel file to law enforcement until this past June, when ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The trial of former Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker -- accused of raping, kidnapping and molesting children dating back to 1966 -- was delayed once again Tuesday (Sept. 24) as ...

Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A trial date has been set in the sexual abuse case against former New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker. The ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The trial of former Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker -- accused of raping, kidnapping and molesting children dating back to 1966 -- was delayed once again Tuesday (Sept. 24) as ...