51 Accused in This Diocese
- KATC 07.27.16
- KLFY 07.27.16
- The Advocate 07.27.16
- KATC 07.27.16
- The Advertiser 07.27.16
- Diocese of Lafayette 07.27.16
- Fox 10 07.27.16
- The Advertiser 07.28.16
- KATC 07.28.16
- The Advertiser 07.28.16
- The Advertiser 07.29.16
- The Advertiser 07.29.16
- The Advertiser 07.30.16
- KLFY 08.04.16
- KATC 08.12.16
- Advertiser 03.28.17
- KATC 03.29.17
- KATC 05.03.17
- Daily Advertiser 08.09.17
- USA Today 08.23.17
- Daily Advertiser 11.14.17
- The Advertiser 11.27.17
- KATC News 01.13.19
- Diocese of Lafayette List 04.12.19
- KATC 01.13.19
- Niel vs. Mosca et al.; Parish of Calcasiue, LA, Docket # 95-5905
- Affidavit of Anthony Fontana 05.04.95
- Minnesota Public Radio 07.21.14
- Minnesota Public Radio Sources for Series 07.21.14
- American Conservative 07.21.14
- SNAP Statement 07.21.14
- Daily Advertiser 07.29.14
- Bayou Buzz 07.30.14
- The IND 07.30.14
- Daily Advertiser 07.30.14
- The Advertiser 07.31.14
- KATC 07.31.14
- IND 07.31.14
- KATC 07.31.14
- IND 08.01.14
- The Advertiser 08.01.14
- Inquisitr 08.04.14
- IND 08.04.14
- KATC 08.04.14
- The Advertiser 08.04.14
- The Advertiser 08.04.14
- IND 08.05.14
- The Advertiser 08.05.14
- Opposing Views 08.05.14
- KATC 08.05.14
- The Advertiser 08.11.14
- IND 08.12.14
- KATC 08.13.14
- KATC 08.14.14
- Advertiser 08.23.14
- Advocate 09.07.14
- United Press International 11.15.85
- United Press International 11.25.85
- Associated Press 11.26.85
- United Press International 01.02.86
- Times of Acadiana 01.30.86
- Associated Press 02.15.87
- LA Times 03.20.88
- National Law Journal 04.04.88
- The Gueydan Journal 09.14.89
- Advertiser 08.23.14
- The Advocate 09.07.14
- Daily Advertiser 08.09.17
- KATC 01.13.19
- Diocese of Lafayette List 04.12.19
- The Times of Acadiana 01.30.86
- United Press International 02.09.86
- United Press International 02.22.86
- United Press International 03.04.86
- United Press International 06.09.86
- United Press International 07.18.86
- United Press International 07.29.86
- Associated Press 02.15.87
- San Jose Mercury News 12.31.87
- National Law Journal 04.04.88
- Spokesman Review 03.13.03
- The Advertiser 07.30.14
- KATC 07.31.14
- IND 08.04.14
- The Advertiser 08.04.14
- KATC 08.11.14
- Advertiser 08.23.14
- Advocate 09.07.14
- Daily Advertiser 08.09.17
- KATC News 10.17.18
- Archdiocese of New Orleans list 11.02.18
- KATC 01.13.19
- Diocese of Lafayette List 04.12.19
- BA.Org Assignment Record
- Times of Acadiana 05.23.85
- Associated Press 02.15.87
- National Law Journal 04.04.88
- Time 08.19.91
- Houston Chronicle 11.01.98
- CBS 60 Minutes 06.12.02
- KLFY 04.22.08
- KTRK 04.22.08
- KATC 04.23.08
- Houston Chronicle 04.24.08
- The Advertiser 04.25.08
- Galveston County Daily News 04.25.08
- Women in Crime Ink 04.29.08
- SNAP Statement 12.30.08
- City of Angels 10.25.09
- Times Picayune 03.11.10
- Houston Chronicle 04.20.10
- My Fox Houston 04.23.10
- Daily Advocate 04.25.10
- Daily World 04.25.10
- Galveston Daily News 04.28.10
- Times-Picayune 10.24.12
- The Advertiser 09.29.13
- USA Today 10.05.13
- SNAP Statement 07.14.14
- Minnesota Public Radio 07.21.14
- Minnesota Public Radio 07.21.14
- American Conservative 07.21.14
- GlobalPost 07.25.14
- The Advertiser 08.01.14
- Inquisitr 08.04.14
- KATC 08.11.14
- Advertiser 08.13.14
- Christian Catholicism 08.13.14
- Advertiser 08.23.14
- Advertiser 08.23.14
- Advocate 09.07.14
- Winona Daily News 05.22.16
- Advertiser 06.21.17
- Daily Advertiser 08.09.17
- USA Today 08.23.17
- KATC News 10.17.18
- KATC 01.13.19
- Times-Picayne 02.20.19
- Diocese of Lafayette List 04.12.19
- Lafayette Daily Advertiser 04.22.19
- Wisconsin Watch 11.15.19
- Diocese of Alexandria List 12.09.20
- Diocese of Lafayette 06.01.18
- KATC ABC3 06.04.18
- The Advertiser 06.04.18
- The Advertiser 06.04.18
- WWL 06.05.18
- Evangeline Today 06.07.18
- KATC ABC3 06.07.18
- Daily Advertiser 06.14.18
- Acadiana Advocate 06.14.18
- Lafayette Daily Advertiser 08.27.18
- KATC News 10.17.18
- Acadiana Advocate 12.10.18
- KATC 01.13.19
- KATC 01.31.19
- KATC 02.20.19
- KATC TV 03.27.19
- KATC 04.04.19
- Diocese of Lafayette List 04.12.19
- Lafayette Daily Advertiser 04.30.19
- KATC News 04.30.19
- Patheos 05.01.19
- KATC News 06.07.19
- KATC 09.19.19
- Acadiana Advocate 04.27.20
- KATC 04.27.20
- KATC 05.07.21
- KATC 05.24.21
- Acadiana Advocate 06.18.21
- KATC 08.17.21
- KADN 03.20.24
- The Guardian 03.22.24
- Acadiana Advocate 03.22.24
- OSV News 03.24.24
- New York Times 03.24.24
- The Pillar 03.25.24
- SNAP 03.26.24
- National Catholic Reporter 03.27.24
- WDSU 03.27.24
- Decision in Mitchell v Limoges, Louisiana Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 05-832
- The Times of Acadiana 01.30.86
- Advertiser 08.23.14
- Advocate 09.07.14
- SNAP Statement 09.08.14
- Daily Advertiser 08.09.17
- KATC 01.13.19
- Advocate 02.05.19
- Diocese of Lafayette List 04.12.19
- Diocese of Baton Rouge List 07.03.19
- Advocate 07.07.19
- KATC 01.13.19
- The Dialog 11.16.06
- News Journal 11.19.06
- The Republic 02.15.12
- Diocese of Wilmington Personnel Files 02.16.12
- Diocese of Wilmington List of Accused Priests 02.16.12
- News Journal 02.19.12
- KATC 01.13.19
- Diocese of Lake Charles List 04.11.19
- Diocese of Lafayette LA List 04.12.19
- Lake Charles Advocate 07.19.19
- Advocate 07.24.19
Fr. Jules M. Arceneaux
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.
Fr. Susai Arul
Fr. Stanley Begnaud
Fr. Michael J. Benedict
Fr. Jody P. Blanchard
Fr. J.M. Bourgeois
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Deacon Lester Breaux
Died: 03/3/1996
Diocese: Diocese of Lafayette LA
Fr. Felix David Broussard
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Deacon Willis Broussard
Fr. David Anderson Coupar
Br. George Curtis
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Fr. Herbert de Launay
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Fr. John A. de Leeuw
Fr. Michael DesJardins
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Fr. N. Wilfred DesRosiers
Br. Rene Dorsey
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Fr. Gilbert Dutel
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Fr. John Anthony Mary Engbers
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Fr. Ronald Lane Fontenot
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Deacon Leonard J. Freyou
Fr. Gilbert Gauthe
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Deacon Shawn Jude Gautreaux
Fr. Aldeo Gilbert
Fr. Michael S. Guidry
Pastor of two parishes when the Diocese announced 6/2/2018 that Guidry was accused of the sexual abuse of a minor. The abuse occurred "several years" prior at St. Peter's in Morrow. The victim was the son of a church deacon who served at the parish. Guidry was placed on leave. Guidry turned himself in to the Sheriff's Office 6/13/2018 and confessed to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy, after plying him with alcohol. The victim filed suit in 8/2018. Guidry pleaded guilty in 3/2019. Ordered to register as a sex offender. Included on the Diocese's list in 4/2019. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, three years suspended. Released on bail under house arrest in 4/2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sent back to prison after sentencing appeals were denied. The Diocese issued an apology 5/7/2021; the victim's family said they had settled the same week. Guidry was permanently removed from ministry. In early 2021 Guidry testified that after he molested the boy in 2015, he told fellow priests in a support group. He wasn't removed until the boy came forward in 2018. Denied early release by the state parole board 8/17/2021. In 12/2023 the victim's father resigned from the diocese's diaconate and the Catholic Church and joined an Anglican congregation because of "distressing revelations regarding sexual abuse scandals... ." Bishop Deshotel informed the former deacon in 3/2024 that he had been excommunicated.
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Deacon Louis Hanemann
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Fr. Lloyd P. Hebert
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.
Fr. L. Michael Herpin
Fr. Marshall R. Larriviere
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Fr. Robert Marcel Limoges
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Fr. Kenneth Morvant
In 8/2018 a man stated publicly that Morvant repeatedly sexually abused him over two years, beginning when he was an 8-year-old altar boy at St. Martin de Tours in Martinville. The man stated there were 45 known victims, and that Morvant abused hundreds. He said that most of the abuse occurred in the parish rectory, and that Morvant would ply his victims with alcohol. The abuse allegedly involved Morvant masturbating in front of the children as well as oral sex and sodomy. The man also said that his brother and cousin were victims who died by suicide. Morvant died 12/13/2003. The alleged victim and 10 other men filed a lawsuit in 8/2018. Some of the plaintiffs claimed that they were abused for eight years. In 1/2024 the LA Supreme Court heard the civil case brought by six plaintiffs alleging abuse by Morvant decades prior when they were ages 8-14. In 3/2024 the LA Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a law that passed in 2021 opening a window to allow victims to sue perpetrators of child sexual abuse beyond the state's usual 1-year statute of limitations.
Fr. Albert G. Nunez
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Fr. Steven Parks
Diocese: Diocese of Lafayette LA
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Fr. Joseph F. Pellettieri
Sr. Cheryl A. Porte
Fr. Keith Anthony Potier
Fr. Donald Raymond Pousson
Fr. David Primeaux
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.
Fr. Valerie Pullman
Fr. James W. Queren
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.
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Fr. Harry Quick
Rev. Armand Cyr
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).
Fr. Mark Richard
Fr. Richard Rieboldt
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Fr. Robie Robichaux
Fr. Jody J. Simoneaux
Fr. Gerard C. Smit
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Fr. Jean-Baptiste Toussaint
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.