NEW ORLEANS (LA)
WVUE

September 7, 2018

By Kimberly Curth

The State Attorney General blasts our news partners at Nola.com/The Times Picayune over an article with the headline “AG Jeff Landry says he has no authority to investigate Catholic Church Sex Abuse.”

Landry wrote an opinion editorial in response to the story saying,”to be absolutely clear and accurate: to date, since I have been Attorney General, my office has not received one single complaint against any clergyman of the Catholic Church in the State of Louisiana or any referrals from a local District Attorney which is required under law for my office to initiate a prosecution. As someone who has successfully won court case after court case on the separation of powers, I have no inclination of overstepping my constitutional authority or doing the Legislature’s job.”

We spoke with New Orleans attorney Roger Stetter about the issue. He represents…