A 93-year-old New Orleans priest accused of raping and kidnapping a young boy nearly 50 years ago has pleaded guilty to all charges shortly before a jury was supposed to be selected for his trial.

Former New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 4 on charges handed down by the Orleans Parish District Attorney of aggravated rape, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated ...

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 been ...

Ex-priest Lawrence Hecker pleads guilty on all counts in long-delayed rape trial Former Catholic Priest Hecker to be sentenced December 18. To stream WWL TV on your phone, you need the WWL TV app.

NEW ORLEANS — Just as the trial of former New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker was set to begin Tuesday morning, he pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping a boy in the mid 70s.Hecker initially ...

A former Cortland County priest has pleaded guilty in Homer Town Court to endangering the welfare of a child stemming back to inappropriate text conversations with a minor in 2020 and 2021.

Ex-New Orleans Priest Pleads Guilty to Rape and Kidnapping in Sexual Abuse Case Ahead of Trial. A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual ...

Lawrence Hecker, a former New Orleans priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago, has pleaded guilty ahead of a trial set for Tuesday (Dec. 3) morning.

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 had been scheduled to stand ...