LAFAYETTE (LA)
Lafayette Daily Advertiser

August 28, 2018

By Claire Taylor

Allegations of child sex abuse have been raised against a deceased priest from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette.

Diocesan spokeswoman Blue Rolfes, in a written statement released Tuesday, said the diocese was made aware of allegations of sexual abuse of minors by the late Rev. Kenneth Morvant.

“There is no evidence of Father Morvant being implicated in the abuse of minors,” Rolfes wrote. “These allegations, however, are being given appropriate consideration. Father Kenneth Morvant, though deceased, maintains the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise.”

The alleged incidents, she wrote, occurred 35 to 40 years ago, which would have been between 1978 and 1983.