Fr. Lawrence Hecker
First named publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s list 11/2/18. It notes an allegation received in 1996 of abuse in the late 1960s and the 1970s. Removed from ministry in 2002. Accused in a 4/19 lawsuit of fondling a group of boys at St. Joseph’s in Gretna in 1968. On the Baton Rouge diocese’s list in early 2019. Per attorneys, Hecker was a serial pedophile who abused “countless” children, and the archdiocese knew for decades. The church acknowledged in 3/20 that there had been settlements in four cases involving Hecker, and said it first received an allegation in 1988. Reportedly laicized in 2018. Subject of FBI investigation in 2022.
- Archdiocese of New Orleans list 11.02.18
- Advocate 11.02.18
- The Advocate 02.27.19
- Diocese of Baton Rouge List 03.27.19
- The Advocate 04.12.19
- NOLA com 03.02.20
- WVUE 03.03.20
- NOLA com 03.09.20
- Nola com 03.11.20
- NOLA com 05.11.20
- WVUE 07.10.20
- Times Picayune/New Orleans Advocate 07.10.20
- Times-Picayune and Advocate 11.04.20
- WVUE 12.28.20
- WVUE 01.19.21
- WGNO 05.03.21
- New Orleans Advocate 05.03.21
- Big Easy Magazine 06.22.21
- National Catholic Register 07.01.22
- WWL 06.29.22
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