NEW ORLEANS (LA)
WVUE-TV
March 6, 2020
By Kimberly Curth
New court filings accuse the Archdiocese of New Orleans of buying the silence of a priest credibly accused of child sex abuse.
Attorneys for an alleged victim say the church kept Lawrence Hecker on the payroll and even paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars since 2002 when the church claimed he was removed from the ministry.
The court filings are part of a civil lawsuit against the Archdiocese of New Orleans and Father Lawrence Hecker. That lawsuit claims Hecker is a serial pedophile who has sexually abused countless children. In a new motion filed Friday, attorneys for one of Hecker’s alleged victims, say they believe the Archdiocese continues to support him.
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