Fr. Juan Alers

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Placed on leave in 7/04 after FBI seized church computer holding possible child pornography. A boy said he had downloaded the images; US Atty's office said the boy hadn't. US Atty's office closed investigation 4/05 without filing charges against priest, saying it did not have sufficient evidence to meet "prosecutable standard," i.e., could not prove those in pictures were minors. Diocese then resumed its investigation; Arceneaux remained on leave. Reportedly leading the rosary at funerals in Lafayette in 2013. On diocese's list in 4/19; still on leave.
Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Became part of the Province of St. Martin de Porres when it was formed in 1979. Removed from public ministry in 2002. No indication as to when or where alleged abuse occurred. (We're placing him in the New Orleans archdiocese, where the province is based.) Per the website of St. Dominic in New Orleans, Archer was in residence; the parish has a K-7 school. Archer's 65-year anniversary as a priest was celebrated by the archdiocese in 2017. On 3/28/19, the day after SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) publicly complained of Archer's presence at the parish, the archdiocese asked the Dominicans to move him. Name added in 1/29/20 to the Baton Rouge diocese's list.
Died: 03/3/1996
Diocese: Diocese of Lafayette LA
Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans LA
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Diocese: Diocese of Baton Rouge LA
Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans LA
In 2012 a woman reported to the archdiocese that when she was a 17-year-old high school student in 1990 Hart sexually abused her. She was a participant in the CYO at St. Ann's in Metarie, where Hart was assigned. The archdiocesan review board determined that Hart had abused the girl. Because canon law at the time stated that adulthood was at age 16, Archbishop Aymond told the Vatican that Hart had not abused a minor. Hart was allowed to remain in active ministry. In 1/22 he stepped down from his job as chaplain of Brother Martin High School after the school learned of the earlier allegation. Hart and the archdiocese reportedly said his retirement was due to health issues. Hart reportedly said that he had never been accused of misconduct with anyone under age 18.
Reportedly in 1986 Hebert resigned after being accused of molesting an adolescent in Opelousas. A young man complained about him and wanted him removed from his parish; Hebert left Opelousas to live with relatives. In a 1988 deposition former Bishop Frey characterized him as a child molester who was suspended by the diocese. Hebert died in 2004. On diocese's list in 4/19.
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Deacon. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. Suspended in 1986 after allegation he sexually abused a male minor in 1982. Scheduled ordination cancelled and he was encouraged to seek laicization. Allegation deemed credible by the \he Permanent Review Board in 2019.
Diocese: Diocese of Baton Rouge LA
Lebanese Catholic Maronite priest. Musician, composer. Established and directed a children's choir in Lebanon. Worked in the U.S. in the early 1970s. Established homes for children in Lebanon and France. In 2011 a woman alleged sexual abuse by Labaky in France as a child. Others then came forward. At least 27 alleged victims known, including his niece. Labacky is said to have likely abused many more. The abuse occurred 1976-97, and his victims were girls as young as age 7. On 4/23/12 the Vatican decreed that Labaky live a life of prayer and penance with restricted ministry for sexually abusing three minors and committing the crime of solicitation on one. On 2/12/12, while the case was being considered first in Paris, Labaky presided at a mass at St. Garabad Armenian Church in Baton Rouge, LA. He was living in Lebanon in 2016 when Interpol issued an arrest warrant; Lebanon refused extradition. In 11/21 Lebasky was convicted in absentia in Caen, Normandy France, of the rape and sexual assault of three children at an orphanage that he opened in 1990. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He reportedly continued to remain free in Lebanon.
Diocese: Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux LA
Olivetan Benedictine. Accused in a 1995 lawsuit, along with Br. Rene Dorsey, of molesting an altar boy, ages of 10-15, in the late 1970s. On the Lake Charles diocese's list 4/11/19. Multiple accusations of abuse 1980-82, received by the diocese 1986 and 1993, occurring at St. Henry in Lake Charles and in Houston TX. Removed from ministry in 1986. Died in 2018.
Monsignor. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2/22 of sexually abusing a boy, beginning when the boy was age 6 or 7, between 1966 and 1968. O'Hanlon was assigned to St. Theresa's in Shreveport during the time of the alleged abuse. He died in 2001.
Diocese: Diocese of Lafayette LA
Accused of abuse of at least 15 children 1978-83. Admitted in psychological evaluations as early as 1980 to sexually abusing boys, beginning in 1980 when he was teaching at St. Benedict in Covington, LA. Per a 4/02 news article the Diocese settled a lawsuit in 2000 in which it admitted that Primeaux molested a boy in the early 1980s while at St. Joseph's in Milton. Had also been assigned to St. Thomas More in Lafayette. Left active priesthood in 1985 and later married. Died by suicide 12/27/12. On diocese's list in 4/19.
In 10/21 three men in their 50s stated publicly that Queren repeatedly sexually abused them and "nearly a dozen" other boys when they were 10- and 11-year-old altar servers at Holy Family in Lawtell. The priest allegedly used them to recruit other boys, and tried to have them "do each other" in a group. At least one of them had come forward to the diocese in 2018. Queren died in 1992.
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits' Central and Southern Province on its list 12/17/21. Noted to have more than one allegation against him. Abuse estimated to have occurred in the 1940s and 1950s. Ray died in 1983. Included in 6/22 on the New Orleans archdiocese's list, where he was assigned at some point; no known abuse there.
Accused in a 7/21 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, age 10 or 11, in 1968 or 1969, at Holy Cross School summer camp in New Orleans. Repucci is deceased.
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Lafayette LA on its list in 1/22. Died in 1975. (Not the same priest as Armand E. Cyr of the Portland ME diocese).
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
From Haiti. Ordained for the Diocese of Cap-Haitien. Professor in Haiti then in New Brunswick Canada before transferring to Louisiana in 1954. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list in 4/19. Died in 1977.
Named publicly as credibly accused by the U.S. Central and Southern Province Jesuits on its list in 12/21, with one allegation. Abuse estimated to have occurred 1959-60. Noted to have died in 1993. Included in 1/22 on the Diocese of Lake Charles list, where the alleged abuse occurred. Also on the New Orleans archdiocese's list.