NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in 1975. Lawrence Hecker, who left the ministry in ...

that Hecker made the decision to plead guilty because “he wanted to take responsibility for the crimes that he committed." Related: Ex-Priest, Indicted for Allegedly Murdering Beauty Queen After ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Former New Orleans Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker, 93, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday (Dec. 18) after pleading guilty earlier this month to raping a teenaged boy ...

On Thursday, Dec. 19, a jury in Avignon, France, found Dominique Pélicot, 72, guilty of aggravated rape against his then-wife Gisèle Pélicot, also 72, according to the BBC. Dominique was also ...

A former coach and teacher at South Point High School in Belmont pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation charges after being arrested earlier this year. Channel 9 previously reported on Kristopher ...

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has stepped down as a priest over claims he mishandled a sexual abuse case, the BBC reported on Tuesday, in the latest ...