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 (WGNO) – Former New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping and raping a teenage boy in the in the mid-70s.

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 victim broke down in front of Calamari, telling him that Hecker had raped him. Calamari became angry, asking him if he talked to anyone else about the incident. The victim replied that he had ...

Lawrence Hecker, who was indicted last year on charges related to a sexual assault in the 1970s, pleaded guilty on Tuesday just before jury selection for his trial was set to begin. By Rachel ...