A retired Roman Catholic priest accused of raping and kidnapping a young boy nearly 50 years ago entered a guilty plea on Tuesday, just before jury selection for his criminal trial was set to get ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS — Admitted child rapist and retired Roman Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker has ... Hecker, 93, had pleaded guilty on December 3 to charges that he had kidnapped and raped a teenager ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 93-year-old former Catholic priest sentenced ... and Corrections communications director. Hecker had pleaded guilty to charges including first-degree rape and aggravated ...

YOU CAN HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE, A former New Orleans priest who pleaded guilty to rape and kidnapping has died at 93, according to his attorney, Bobby Hjortsberg.Lawrence Hecker was sentenced to life ...

Former New Orleans Priest Convicted of Raping ... Public Safety and Corrections communications director. Hecker had pleaded guilty to charges including first-degree rape and aggravated kidnapping ...