I was born in New Orleans; a city steeped in secrets, shadows, and song. Adopted at birth, I lived much of my life untethered to the stories of blood and bone, until fate, like the turning of a pirate’s compass, steered my biological family back to me. My mother, a proud daughter of the old […]
This article has been republished from Survivors of Childhood Sex Abuse (SCSA). There is a special Lady, and her name is the Church. She is the Bride of Jesus. Peter denied Jesus three times, yet Jesus trusted Peter with his Bride, and man has been raping Her, and Her children, ever since. The man? The […]
Although there is no evidence directly tying Pope Leo XIV—formerly Robert Prevost—to acts of abuse, his record as an administrator places him at the center of a pattern survivors say is all too familiar: cases of clergy sexual abuse mishandled, minimized, or allowed to languish in secrecy under his watch. These patterns are not unique […]
The singer for the band "The Red Hot Chili Peppers," Anthony Kiedis, described repeatedly raping a fourteen year-old girl in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in his Autobiography titled "Scar Tissue," released in 2004. Kiedis was 23 when he met the girl at one of his shows, and later discovered she was attending a Catholic School. This […]
Gary Anthony Babin, 66, of Houma, Louisiana moved next door to one of his alleged victims, Alice Crochet, upon his release from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on September 25th, 2021. Crochet, now 56, says she has been "living a nightmare" since she was raped by Babin as a little girl. The nightmare amplified […]
It was the summer of 2011, and I was summoned to the office of a psychologist in Dallas, and Raymond Fitzgerald, the President of Jesuit High School, who flew from New Orleans to attend. Jesuit paid for the psychologist as a part of their due diligence, to determine if I was telling the truth about […]
The Survivors of Childhood Sex Abuse (SCSA) issued a letter to various law enforcement officials requesting that they read the sealed deposition of accused child rapist, and former Catholic priest, Lawrence Hecker. The President of SCSA Richard Windmann explained that a "Federal Court in New Orleans, Louisiana has sealed a deposition in which a Catholic […]
HB 492 will open a "window to justice" giving survivors of childhood sexual assault more time to report their abuse. The bill advanced in the Louisiana Senate, and was sent to the Louisiana House. If the bill passes, it will head to Governor John Bel Edwards' desk for his signature. Previously, victims of childhood sex […]
On May 1, 2020, the Archdiocese of New Orleans filed for Chapter 11 reorganization. Since filing, the archdiocese has not been entirely honest about the real reason that they declared bankruptcy. When asked for a statement on why they declared bankruptcy, a spokeswoman for the archdiocese forwarded along a press release and informational booklet, commenting […]
In June 2020, Kevin Bourgeois was shown on the cover of Sports Illustrated holding a sign that said, "Aymond must go!" The sign referenced New Orleans Archbishop Aymond, whom Bourgeois condemned for turning a blind eye to sexual abuse allegations against clergy members, including his own.  Bourgeois was molested in the 1980s by a priest […]
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