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.
- N.O. archbishop helped pedophile priest get aid, called court order to stop paying him ‘unjust’
Hundreds of child molestation claims hang in balance at LA Supreme Court
Jailed priest admitted under oath that he still looks at child porn
Losing Faith: Why wasn't an abuser on the credibly-accused list until this month
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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