Retired New Orleans Priest Pleads Guilty to 1970s Child Rape and Kidnapping
- A former New Orleans priest, Lawrence Hecker, pleaded guilty to rape and kidnapping ahead of his trial on Tuesday.
- Hecker faces life in prison and will be sentenced on December 18.
- Concerns about Hecker's mental competency delayed the trial, but he was ultimately found competent despite having Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
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Ex-Priest Lawrence Hecker Pleads Guilty to Decades-Old Rape Charges
In a pivotal moment of justice long delayed, former priest Lawrence Hecker, 93, pleaded guilty to all charges against him as his trial was set to begin. Hecker faced charges of aggravated rape, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated crime against nature, and theft for the 1975 assault of a teenage boy in a church—a crime that remained […]
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…
Lawrence Hecker, who left the ministry in 2002, faces life imprisonment. The sentence was set for December 18
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