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 […]
Today is the very beginning of the end for the unspeakable, traumatic atrocity that victims and survivors of childhood sex abuse have experienced in the Great state of Louisiana by the Catholic Church, which is the calculated, systematic, and the horrific wholesale rape of our precious children. The victims and survivors, along with their families […]
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 […]
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