N EW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Former New Orleans Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker, 93, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday (Dec.

Edward Phillips-Smith, 74, was jailed in January 2024 for 32 months after admitting sexually abusing schoolchildren at his Staffordshire home in the 1980s. Earlier this month, the retired priest ...

A West Memphis priest pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges and was ordered to pay $3,000 on Monday in a sentencing order ...

BOISE — A retired Boise priest accused of collecting pornography of children as young as babies and musing online about his desire to rape and kill a child has pleaded guilty to five felonies as part ...

NEW ORLEANS — 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 2002, had ...

ALFRED, Maine (NECN)-- A former Massachusetts priest who spent a decade in prison for raping an altar boy has pleaded not guilty to 31 sex abuse charges in Maine. Two men have accused Ronald Paquin of ...

BOISE, Idaho — A Nampa Catholic priest accused of raping a minor appeared in Canyon County court Friday for his arraignment. A Canyon County judge entered a not guilty plea for Robert Mendez Esquivel, ...

A former school chaplain jailed for historical sex abuse is being investigated again by police after a complaint emerged about his time at another school. Edward Phillips-Smith, 74, was jailed in ...