Edward Phillips-Smith, 74, was jailed in January 2024 for 32 months after admitting sexually abusing schoolchildren at his ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The man accused of fatally stabbing a Catholic priest during a break-in at his home beside the church he served in a small Nebraska town pleaded guilty to murder and other charges ...

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, ...