NEW ORLEANS (LA)
WVUE
March 10, 2020
WVUE-TV, along with The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate and two other television news outlets filed a motion on Monday asking a judge to release court records on how the Archdiocese of New Orleans handled a retired priest who is accused of being a child molester.
Attorneys for the plaintiff suing the priest, Lawrence Hecker, and the archdiocese already have the documents, but the archdiocese is arguing to prevent their release.
The media has argued that Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Nakisha Ervin-Knott should release the documents.
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