Less than two weeks after being sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars, Lawrence Hecker died of natural causes at 3 a.m. Thursday at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, according to ...

Less than two weeks after being sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars, Lawrence Hecker died of natural causes at 3 a.m. Thursday in a Baton Rouge hospital, according to Ken Pastorick ...

NEW ORLEANS — Ex-priest Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty Tuesday morning on all counts in a long-delayed rape trial. The former Catholic priest will be sentenced this month. Hecker's guilty plea ...

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 ...

A judge on Wednesday sentenced Lawrence Hecker to mandatory life in prison following the harrowing statements of three men who say the retired Catholic priest sexually abused them decades ago.

The fascination with Simon among visitors and staff prompted the book, say its collaborators, Jana Laiz, Jayne Church and Nancy-Fay Hecker. On The Red Lion Inn website, Simon's listed under "amenities ...

NEW ORLEANS — In the case of serial child molester and retired Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker, the cover-up failed. But it wasn’t for lack of trying by a coalition of high-ranking church ...