Fr. Patrick Sanders
Pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Belle Chasse when placed on leave in 2004. Two men had come forward to allege that Sanders abused them on a trip to Biloxi Mississippi in 1993, when they were age 16. Placed on permanent leave in 4/2005. The Vatican ordered an administrative hearing for Sanders. Sanders was not technically charged with abuse of a minor because church law at the time defined minors as those under 16. Became an attorney. Arrested in 2014 for heroin possession; charges dropped when he agreed to enter a drug abuse diversion program. Included on the archdiocese’s list 11/2/2018. Surrendered his law license in 2021 after he was discovered to have lied on his bar exam applications regarding his past.
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