NEW ORLEANS — Eyewitness Investigator David Hammer has been following the Church sex abuse scandal with a number of investigative reports that are still ongoing.
Here is a list of the stories that he has reported so far. There are more to come soon.
- Secret recording of Catholic deacon's backers offering $400k to child sex abuse victim
- Retired priest Hecker pleads not guilty; gets $800K bond for rape, kidnapping charges
- Catholic churches, schools now on the hook for clergy abuse, Aymond says
- Retired Catholic priest booked on criminal charges
- Why it took 48 years to charge a Catholic priest with rape
- Retired Catholic priest indicted on 4 charges including rape, kidnapping
- Judge denies unsealing testimony of former priest who admitted to sexual abuse
- Priest admits sexual abuse of teens to WWL-TV
- N.O. Archdiocese clergy abuse much greater than we've been told, attorney memo alleges
- 'Utterly ridiculous' – Clergy abuse survivor blasts lawyers
- Archdiocese's lawyers make millions as hundreds of sex abuse survivors haven't seen any money
- Lawyer ordered to pay huge fine for naming accused priest
- FBI investigation into New Orleans clergy abuse could revitalize old cases
- Church sex abuse victims kicked off bankruptcy court panel negotiating with Archdiocese
- Priest ordained in New Orleans accused of abusing minors while serving as Air Force chaplain
- Metairie deacon formally charged with child sex crimes
- Money, pressure to stay silent: New lawsuit outlines abuse claims against Metairie deacon
- Legislature ends statute of limitations for child sex abuse lawsuits
- New clergy sex abuse claims against archdiocese pour in as filing deadline arrives
- Leader of New Orleans clergy abuse victims group ousted over work for archdiocese
- New Orleans archdiocese announces changes to how it responds to priest abuse claims
- 'No sin' - former New Orleans priest says he befriended accuser, denies sex abuse
- Archbishop Aymond and his fiercest critic make peace, pledge to collaborate on abuse crisis
- Losing Faith: How a monstrous New Orleans deacon preyed on victims and avoided justice for decades
- Losing Faith: Prosecutors, victims reflect on pain deacon George Brignac wrought for decades
- Archdiocese of New Orleans pushed confidential settlements with victims of monstrous deacon George Brignac
- Losing Faith: Despite predatory past, deacon welcomed back to Catholic institutions
- Losing Faith: A monster emerges in our midst
- Latest figure in New Orleans clergy abuse scandal worked with Girl Scouts, was Pines Village pastor
- 7 names to be added to New Orleans clergy abuse list
- Suspended Metairie deacon is focus of child criminal rape investigation: JPSO
- Priest abuse victims question if Archdiocese properly investigated, referred cases to Vatican
- Despite New Orleans church's bankruptcy case, 2 accused clergy predators can be deposed, judge says
- Rev. Patrick Wattigny, accused of child molestation, arrested in Georgia
- Aymond wants credibly accused clergymen out of priesthood
- New Orleans Archdiocese priests rally in support of Archbishop Aymond
- Survivors say Aymond 'has lost control of his priests' after difficult, lurid week
- Shocking allegations from Pearl River priest's arrest last week
- Catholic high school principal blasts Archdiocese for not disclosing chaplain’s texts to student
- Man says 2 New Orleans priests abused him; church gave him unlimited therapy but no abuse listing
- Priest accused of 2013 abuse allegedly sent inappropriate texts to minor in 2020
- Former De La Salle principal and another religious brother accused of molesting student in the 80s
- Court sets March 1 deadline for claims of sex abuse by priests
- Abuse victims challenge legitimacy of Archdiocese bankruptcy claim
- New Orleans' archdiocese adds priest to credibly accused list after almost 2 decades of allegations
- New Orleans priest continued serving 13 years after abuse claim landed him in treatment
- Victim of clergy abuse says Archdiocese tried to keep settlement details secret, against its own rules
- Priest abuse victims ask court to dismiss New Orleans Archdiocese bankruptcy
- LIST: Clergy with credible accusations of abuse against children in Archdiocese of New Orleans
- Archdiocese removes deacon in Metairie church parish over abuse allegation
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