NEW ORLEANS — In the case of serial child molester and retired Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker, the cover-up failed.

An investigation revealed Lawrence Hecker had confessed to molesting multiple juveniles over his decades of service with the ...

WWL Louisiana and The Guardian obtained exclusive would-be testimony from court documents after the priest pleaded guilty ...

WDSU Investigates has obtained documents sealed in a case involving New Orleans clergy sex abuse. The documents paint the ...

The rape trial of former Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker, 93, begins Tuesday after months of delays. Allegations involve a ...

Lawrence Hecker, the geriatric former priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago, pleaded guilty ...

A 93-year-old New Orleans priest accused of raping and kidnapping a young boy nearly 50 years ago has pleaded guilty to all ...

A former New Orleans priest accused of rape and kidnapping entered a guilty plea ahead of his expected trial Tuesday. Retired ...

Father Lawrence Hecker’s trial was repeatedly delayed this year amid Hecker’s ill health and uncertainty over his mental ...

Lawrence Hecker, who was indicted last year on charges related to a sexual assault in the 1970s, pleaded guilty on Tuesday ...

Just as the trial of former New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker was set to begin Tuesday morning, he pleaded guilty to ...

Lawrence Hecker, a former New Orleans priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago, has pleaded ...