A New Orleans judge has sentenced a 93-year-old former Catholic priest to spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping a ...

Msgr. Lawrence Hecker, who walked back a public admission of sexual abuse, will spend his remaining years behind bars.

Stapleton, a recent graduate of Franciscan University, a Catholic college in Ohio, will be among the less than 1% of nuns in ...

NEW ORLEANS — In the case of serial child molester and retired Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker, the cover-up failed. But it wasn’t for lack of trying by a coalition of high-ranking church ...

Ex-priest Hecker receives life in prison for 1975 rape after a trial complicated by his health and judicial changes.

Shaw found itself tied with Jesuit late in the fourth quarter of the New Orleans Catholic tournament championship game at the Gayle & Tom Benson Arena. The Eagles dribbled the ball up court ...

The Panthers then took down the top seed, Dunham, in a thrilling finish in Friday afternoon’s LHSAA Prep Classic Division III Select championship game in New Orleans. Catholic-New Iberia built ...

"Wherever the bishop appears, let the congregation be there also. Just as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. It is manifest, therefore, that we should look upon the bishop ...

For many, the holiday season is a time for music and merriment, from classical selections to contemporary sounds. And the New Orleans area has a full calendar of concerts that range from bands to ...