Timothy Gardner, of Medhurst Way in Littlemore, Oxford, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court. He admitted five charges including ...

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 died a little more than a week after he began serving a sentence of life imprisonment, according to ...

A former Oxnard priest was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail in connection with sex offenses against two youths in Los ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 93-year-old former Catholic priest sentenced to life in prison earlier this month for raping a teenage boy has died, Louisiana authorities and his lawyer confirmed Friday.

THE RETIRED NEW ORLEANS PRIEST CONVICTED OF RAPING A TEEN BOY HAS DIED IN PRISON. LAWRENCE HECKER HAS DIED AT AGE 93. ACCORDING TO HIS ATTORNEY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AT HUNT ...

Former New Orleans Priest Convicted of Raping Teen Boy Dies While Serving Life Sentence NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 93-year-old former Catholic priest sentenced to life in prison earlier this month for ...