I am a victim, survivor and now advocate for the many victims and survivors of clergy abuse. I, like many others, was abused ...
NEW ORLEANS — In the case of serial child molester and retired Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker, the cover-up failed.
WDSU Investigates has obtained documents sealed in a case involving New Orleans clergy sex abuse. The documents paint the ...
Voodoo is experiencing something of a renaissance in New Orleans. We meet voodoo priestess Manbo Jessyka and high priestess Eshé who introduce us to the practice as a way of life, and as a means ...
Father Lawrence Hecker’s trial was repeatedly delayed this year amid Hecker’s ill health and uncertainty over his mental ...
WDSU Investigates has uncovered new court records linked to convicted rapist Lawrence Hecker. Warning: the details in the records are graphic.According to the records, one victim said he met Lawrence ...
WWL Louisiana and The Guardian obtained exclusive would-be testimony from court documents after the priest pleaded guilty ...
The anonymous former student at St John Vianney Prep in New Orleans said he was 16 when he was raped in 1975 by Lawrence ...
Just as the trial of former New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker was set to begin Tuesday morning, he pleaded guilty to ...
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 ...