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 June 13. Lawrence Hecker ...

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

Retired New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker sentenced to prison in emotional hearing Hecker served for decades in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, which has been besieged by claims of sexual abuse.

Lawrence Hecker's attorney was in court Thursday where it was announced that he had not undergone a mental evaluation yet.

An investigation revealed Lawrence Hecker had confessed to molesting multiple juveniles over his decades of service with the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS — A mental competency hearing has been delayed again for a 92-year-old retired Catholic priest faced with charges of raping a teenager after strangling him unconscious in 1975 in a ...

A Louisiana grand jury charged 91-year-old disgraced priest Lawrence Hecker with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 1975, an extraordinary prosecution that could shed new light on what Roman ...

Former New Orleans priest and accused child molester Lawrence Hecker will have to go through a dementia screening to determine if he is competent to stand trial. Hecker is in a medical care ...

A former New Orleans priest accused of sex crimes who’s awaiting trial has had a mental evaluation in court on Thursday, April 4.

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 ...

Former New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker's request for a lower bond was denied on Thursday, Sept. 21.