NEW ORLEANS — As retired priest Lawrence Hecker awaits trial on rape and kidnapping charges in New Orleans, one of his many alleged victims wonders why Hecker isn’t facing more arrests in ...

Lawrence Hecker, the geriatric former New Orleans priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago, must undergo further evaluation to determine if his displays of dementia are ...

NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans judge decided on the morning of the child rape and kidnapping trial of a retired Roman Catholic priest that he could no longer preside over the case he’s overseen for more ...

Pass around like me and we all suffered newly unsealed records full of secrets and suffering finally revealed. It's impossible to describe this man says he's one of Lawrence. Heck's many victims. What ...

Lawrence Hecker, an elderly and enfeebled former Catholic priest who pleaded guilty this month to raping a boy in a church gym in New Orleans nearly 50 years ago, died Thursday morning in prison only ...