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July 23, 2020

By David Hammer and Ramon Antonio Vargas

{With video interviewing survivor and showing documents.]

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/new-orleans-priest-continued-serving-13-years-after-abuse-claim-landed-him-in-treatment/289-612b124b-d4db-42d4-bb60-66672d142feb

Asked about Ricky Monsour’s recollections, archdiocesan officials revealed new details about the church’s handling of accusations against Carl Davidson.

Sixteen years ago, Ricky Monsour spoke up for the first time about how he was groomed and molested in his boyhood by a priest the Catholic Church eventually acknowledged was almost certainly a child predator. But it was only recently that he decided to speak out about the details of the $106,000 payment that the church later gave him to quietly settle his claims of abuse at the hands of Carl Davidson.

Asked about Monsour’s recollections, archdiocesan officials revealed new details about the church’s handling of accusations against Davidson — including that he was sent to psychological treatment 31 years ago when church leaders…