Retired New Orleans Priest Pleads Guilty to 1970s Child Rape and Kidnapping

New Orleans priest pleads guilty to 1970s kidnapping, rape of teenager

Father Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty this week to kidnapping and raping a teenage boy in the 1970s, heading off a long-delayed trial that launched with an indictment last year.  / Credit: New Orleans Police Department CNA Staff, Dec 4, 2024 / ... [...]

New Orleans priest pleads guilty to 1970s kidnapping, rape of teen

Father Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty this week to kidnapping and raping a teenage boy in the 1970s, heading off a long-delayed trial that launched with an indictment last year.  / Credit: New Orleans Police Department CNA Staff, Dec 4, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). A priest in New Orleans pleaded guilty this week to kidnapping and raping a teenage boy in the 1970s, heading off a long-delayed trial that launched with an indictment last year. In Septem…

Former New Orleans priest pleads guilty to rape and kidnapping in sexual abuse case ahead of trial

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

93-year-old retired priest pleads guilty to rape in 1970s sex abuse of teen

A 93-year-old retired priest has pleaded guilty to rape, kidnapping and other charges in connection with the sexual abuse of a teen boy in the 1970s. Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty Tuesday to state charges in Louisiana his lawyer, Bobby Hjortsberg, told The New York Times. He faces up to life in prison at his sentencing on Dec. 18.The case garnered national headlines after a report in The Guardian revealed that he told superiors in 1999 that he …

Retired Louisiana Priest Pleads Guilty to Rape and Kidnapping Charges

A retired Roman Catholic priest who was indicted last year in Louisiana on charges related to the sexual assault of a teenage boy in the 1970s pleaded guilty to the crimes on Tuesday, his lawyer said, just before jury selection for the trial was set to begin.