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 ...
Father Lawrence Hecker’s trial was repeatedly delayed this year amid Hecker’s ill health and uncertainty over his mental ...
WWL Louisiana and The Guardian obtained exclusive would-be testimony from court documents after the priest pleaded guilty ...
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 ...
A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in ...
A Kenner mother has been arrested after two children were allegedly found to have cocaine in their system. Just as the trial ...
A former New Orleans priest accused of rape and kidnapping entered a guilty plea ahead of his expected trial Tuesday. Retired ...
Lawrence Hecker ’s decision in New Orleans’ criminal courthouse prevented the victim from telling a jury that his high school ...