1086:. Hecker had confessed to committing "overtly sexual acts" with at least three underage boys in the late 1960s and 1970s and revealed his close relationships with four others until the 1980s. In September 2023, a grand jury indicted Hecker on charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape, aggravated crimes against nature, and theft. This led to Hecker turning himself in. He was booked, but entered a plea of not guilty. His bail bond was set at $ 800,000, though it was reported in January 2024 that he could not pay the bond, and remained in jail. It was also revealed that while being investigation for a separate child sexual abuse case in December 2020, Hecker confessed in a legal deposition that he still looked at child pornography. In April 2024, a new search warrant was issued that allowed police to seize more documents related to the investigation against Hecker, though Hecker himself was determined, shortly before this warrant was issued, to be mentally unfit to stand trial due to short-term memory loss, but a report found that Hecker's mental health indicated he could eventually recover from this condition, and become once again mentally fit to stand trial.
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of sex abuse. Brander, who
Highfill had known since he was ten, later committed suicide; his brother Michael Brander kept the letters and still pursued justice. The archdiocese refused until 2018 to deem sex abuse allegations against Highfill as credible, but then suspended him indefinitely from ministry; his was the 64th name added to the 2018 list of credibly accused clergy. Highfill, who was also accused of committing sexual abuse against two airmen while serving as an Air Force chaplain in the
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Metairie by archdiocesan priest James
Collery. Collery died in 1987. In 2013, Aymond agreed to pay for the victim's counseling as needed. In 2019, this agreement was amended to cover six more years of counseling. However, the victim sued the archdiocese in April 2020, saying that he took this action after discovering that Collery had had other victims.
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victim received a substantial financial settlement and more than ten months after he pleaded guilty to child molestation. The victim said about the delay "They can't even do something as simple as put somebody on the list who admitted it". In
December 2022, Wheeler was sentenced to five years probation, but died from pancreatic cancer in April 2023.
1615:. In 1962 there were 153 Catholic schools; that year the archdiocese began admitting black students into schools that did not admit them; that year about 200 black children attended the archdiocese's Catholic schools previously not reserved for black children. The desegregation occurred two years after public schools had integrated. Bruce Nolan of
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President for Communications Greg Bensel had provided public relations advice to the archdiocese. Bensel gave them "...input on how to work with the media" regarding the sex abuse scandal. He advised the archdiocese to "Be direct, open and fully transparent, while
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In August 2024 a judge appointed a business-turnaround expert to find out the status of the church's and its creditors' different proposed restructuring plans; to review costs already incurred, about $ 40m; and to determine if the church had the "financial wherewithal" to "reorganize and continue as
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Meredith Grabill suspended all archdiocesan retirement benefits for priests credibly accused of sexually abusing minors. One of the priests, Paul Calamari, petitioned the court to reinstate his benefits. Speaking in a court session, Calamari told Grabill that
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ring. The warrant claims that some victims were assaulted in a swimming pool after they were told to "skinny dip," and that other victims were shared among priests through a system of "gifts" that the victims were instructed to pass along to other clergymen as a signal that the victim was a fitting
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Highfill was added to the archdiocesan list of credibly accused clergy, nearly two decades after he was first accused of sex abuse. A trove of love letters which Highfill wrote to one of his victims, Scot Brander, in the 1980s also backed allegations that he committed acts
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In early 2009, the state of Maine passed a law allowing same-sex civil marriage. In July 2009, the
Archdiocese of New Orleans contributed $ 2,000 to a referendum campaign to overturn that law. According to Maine's "Commission on Governmental Ethics & Election Practices", the Diocese of Portland
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of the diocese from 1805 to 1812. The diocese became a suffragan of the see of
Baltimore, which had been elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1808, during this period. Archbishop Carroll's successor as apostolic administrator would eventually be the diocese's first resident bishop of the 19th
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Orleans, to serve the indigenous peoples. The Jesuit vicar-general returned to France to recruit priests and also persuaded the Ursulines of Rouen to assume charge of a hospital and school. The royal patent authorizing the Ursulines to found a convent in Louisiana
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The diocese continued paying Hecker and other abusers retirement benefits, until a judge overseeing the diocese's bankruptcy ordered payments to stop. It was not clear in June 2023, when the documents became public, whether Hecker, aged 91, would be charged. In August 2023, Hecker acknowledged his
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Orleans had gone to "shocking lengths" to hide child abuse by a confessed molester who was still alive at the
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In May 2020, the board president of an archdiocesan ministry, who chose to remain anonymous, resigned his post. He claimed that he was forced out of his position because he was suing the archdiocese. In 2013, the man had told Archbishop Aymond that he had been molested in 1980 at St. Ann School in
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confessed to his superiors in 1999 that he had between about 1966 and 1979 sexually molested several teenagers that he had met due to his work as a priest. Hecker's confession said that Archbishop Philip Hannan spoke with him in 1988 about an accusation of sexual abuse. In 1996 Hannan's successor
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of New Orleans. It was originally built in 1718, shortly after the founding of the city. The church building was destroyed by fire several times before the current structure was built between 1789 and 1794 during Spanish rule. During renovations to the cathedral between 1849 and 1851,
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he had a "failing" and a "sin" with a 17-year-old high school boy in 1973. In November, 2020, a news report revealed that the archdiocese had paid one of Calamari's alleged victims US$ 100,000 two years before, deeming the sex abuse allegations against Calamari to be credible.
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policies after the Boston scandal, but the New Orleans archdiocese only acknowledged that Hecker was a predator on releasing the 2018 list of accused clergy. In early 2020, despite his having confessed to child abuse, the Vatican bestowed the honorific title of
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a going concern". The following month a committee representing survivors proposed that church-affiliated organizations and insurers should pay over $ 1bn to settle claims; the archdiocese in response counter-proposed to pay $ 62.5m.
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2854:"'You're only as sick as your secrets': New Orleans clergy abuse bankruptcy is uniquely acrimonious"
2157:"Church paid New Orleans sex abuse victim $ 100,000 then waited two years to investigate the priest"
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2521:"Why did church take so long to admit New Orleans deacon was a child abuser?"
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Vargas, Ramon Antonio; Hammer, David (September 14, 2024).
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VARGAS, RAMON ANTONIO; Hammer, David (October 23, 2020).
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2002:"Archdiocese of New Orleans files for bankruptcy"
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957:The archdiocese sustained severe damage from
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3282:St. Thérèse Academy for Exceptional Learners
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601:also have added to the Catholic population.
546:The Archdiocese of New Orleans reflects the
168:United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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3777:Religious organizations established in 1793
2852:Vargas, Ramon Antonio (November 29, 2023).
2806:A History of the Archdiocese of New Orleans
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1918:VARGAS, RAMON ANTONIO (December 12, 2020).
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2900:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
2625:Vargas, Ramon Antonio (August 19, 2024).
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2032:VARGAS, RAMON ANTONIO (April 30, 2020).
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1878:. New Orleans Saints. January 24, 2020.
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2538:Hunter, Michelle (December 6, 2022).
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1028:Archdiocese for the Military Services
987:LeBlanc, had been convicted in 1996.
718:Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana
2777:. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
2606:Riegel, Stephanie (March 26, 2024).
2583:Killion, Aubry (December 21, 2023).
1723:. Donlin Recano. September 13, 2024.
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1785:Chuck Colbert (November 25, 2009).
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44:Archidiocèse de La Nouvelle-Orléans
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2767:Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "
2726:Nolan, Bruce (November 15, 2010).
2421:Hammer, David (January 19, 2024).
2222:Hammer, David (February 7, 2022).
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827:Apostolic Vicariate of Mississippi
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3432:Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana
2918:Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas
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2663:Hammer, David (August 22, 2024).
2331:Hammer, David (August 23, 2023).
2199:Hammer, David (August 19, 2020).
1611:Previously Catholic schools were
1405:, OFM (2015–2023), died in office
1126:Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas
863:Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana
708:reverted to Spain as part of the
622:Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana
518:Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis
313:Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis
3797:1793 establishments in New Spain
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3253:St. Charles Catholic High School
3103:St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans
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2444:Payne, Daniel (April 25, 2024).
1473:Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana
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1944:LaRose, Greg (June 30, 2020).
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1377:and Archbishop of New Orleans
1057:In the aftermath of the 2002
973:Response to same-sex marriage
916:New Orleans Hurricane of 1915
765:Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
428:Archidioecesis Novae Aureliae
33:Archidioecesis Novae Aureliae
2644:Mustian, Jim (May 1, 2024).
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3339:New Orleans Catholic League
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3187:Academy of the Sacred Heart
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3427:Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
3411:Archdiocese of New Orleans
3213:Brother Martin High School
2844:John and Kathleen DeMajo.
2769:Archdiocese of New Orleans
1792:National Catholic Reporter
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1205:Archbishops of New Orleans
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885:Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
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2006:The Catholic World Report
1394:Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux
1222:Antoine Blanc (1850–1860)
1135:Francisco PorrĂł y Reinado
1107:target for sexual abuse.
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2819:Archdiocesan Statistics.
2811:October 4, 2006, at the
2702:"Bishops of Archdiocese"
1851:(Report). August 8, 2022
1758:October 4, 2006, at the
1398:Archbishop of Louisville
1313:Former auxiliary bishops
742:Archdiocese of Baltimore
495:Archdiocese of Baltimore
3437:Diocese of Lake Charles
3296:Holy Rosary High School
3278:St. Scholastica Academy
3223:De La Salle High School
3023:Gustave Augustin Rouxel
2928:Louis-Guillaume DuBourg
2564:. WWL-TV. April 6, 2023
2129:VARGAS, RAMON ANTONIO.
1795:. Kansas City, Missouri
1486:Archbishop of Baltimore
1392:(2007–2013), appointed
1383:(2003–2009), appointed
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1345:(1976–1983), appointed
1319:Gustave Augustin Rouxel
1276:(1964–1965), appointed
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1148:Louis-Guillaume DuBourg
1130:Archbishop of Guatemala
1128:(1795–1801), appointed
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852:Diocese of Natchitoches
781:apostolic administrator
626:Diocese of Lake Charles
443:ecclesiastical division
296:; 231 years ago
187:Ecclesiastical province
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3053:Dominic Carmon, S.V.D.
3013:Gregory Michael Aymond
2973:Placide Louis Chapelle
2958:Napoléon-Joseph Perché
2938:Leo-Raymond de Neckere
2448:. Catholic News Agency
1698:. Our Lady of the Isle
1478:William Donald Borders
1430:Bishop of Natchitoches
1371:Gregory Michael Aymond
1250:Placide-Louis Chapelle
1232:Napoléon-Joseph Perché
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1186:Leo-Raymond de Neckere
1177:Bishops of New Orleans
1156:Archbishop of Besançon
944:Second Vatican Council
904:yellow fever epidemics
874:Diocese of Baton Rouge
656:has had a presence in
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3008:Alfred Clifton Hughes
3003:Francis Bible Schulte
2998:Philip Matthew Hannan
2988:Joseph Francis Rummel
2774:Catholic Encyclopedia
2704:. St. Louis Cathedral
1821:on September 11, 2012
1491:John Clement Favalora
1454:Bishop of Baton Rouge
1360:Bishop of Baton Rouge
1352:Robert William Muench
1347:Bishop of Baton Rouge
1278:Archbishop of Chicago
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994:In January 2020, the
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630:Diocese of Shreveport
610:Diocese of Alexandria
499:Spanish colonial rule
381:Alfred Clifton Hughes
175:Ecclesiastical region
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3238:Mount Carmel Academy
3123:St. Augustine Church
3068:Shelton Joseph Fabre
3038:Harold Perry, S.V.D.
3033:Louis Abel Caillouet
2963:Francis Xavier Leray
2799: (archive index)
2740:on November 16, 2010
1576:of the archdiocese.
1570:St. Patrick's Church
1521:Joseph Nunzio Latino
1516:Archbishop of Mobile
1495:Bishop of Alexandria
1426:Cornelius Van de Ven
1390:Shelton Joseph Fabre
1331:Louis Abel Caillouet
1238:Francis Xavier Leray
857:On 11 January 1918,
816:Diocese of St. Louis
662:founding of the city
583:Vietnamese Catholics
534:religious institutes
526:St. Patrick's Church
475:St. John the Baptist
163:Episcopal conference
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3218:Cabrini High School
3182:Academy of Our Lady
3167:Notre Dame Seminary
2181:. November 5, 2020.
1631:Notre Dame Seminary
1613:racially segregated
1557:St. Louis Cathedral
1503:Archbishop of Miami
1459:Joseph Gregory Vath
1356:Bishop of Covington
1215:St. Louis Cathedral
1167:Bishop of St. Louis
1152:Bishop of Montauban
936:inner-city parishes
802:On 19 August 1825,
777:Bishop of Baltimore
771:on March 10, 1804.
694:Louisiana Territory
294:April 25, 1793
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3233:Jesuit High School
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3043:Stanley Joseph Ott
2978:James Hubert Blenk
2837:The Clarion Herald
2804:Nolan, Charles E.
2733:The Times Picayune
1899:. January 25, 2020
1751:Nolan, Charles E.
1618:The Times Picayune
1514:in 2001 and later
1497:in 1986 and later
1484:in 1968 and later
1471:in 1967 and later
1469:Bishop of Savannah
1452:in 1959 and later
1446:Robert Emmet Tracy
1343:Stanley Joseph Ott
1294:Francis B. Schulte
1258:, S.M. (1906–1917)
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1139:Bishop of Tarazona
1039:St. Tammany Parish
996:New Orleans Saints
967:St. Bernard Parish
900:American Civil War
820:Diocese of Durango
726:Louisiana Purchase
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548:cultural diversity
350:Current leadership
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3243:Pope John Paul II
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2983:John William Shaw
2083:. August 20, 2020
1531:Dominic Mai Luong
1525:Bishop of Jackson
1482:Bishop of Orlando
1465:Gerard Louis Frey
1420:Bishop of Natchez
1367:, SVD (1993–2006)
1339:, SVD (1966–1991)
1306:Gregory M. Aymond
1012:COVID-19 pandemic
959:Hurricane Katrina
928:Hurricane Katrina
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868:On 22 July 1961,
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1375:Bishop of Austin
1300:Alfred C. Hughes
1288:Philip M. Hannan
1268:Joseph F. Rummel
1244:Francis Janssens
912:anti-Catholicism
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896:British invasion
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