Fr. Bernard Schmaltz
A man filed a lawsuit in 1992 alleging abuse by Schmaltz on a 1973 fishing trip to Slidell, LA and in a rectory. Per the suit, the boy told several people, including the parish pastor. Schmaltz was placed on paid leave. In 8/1995, a trial judge ruled that the plaintiff had waited too long to file suit. Schmaltz retired in 1996, saying allegations of sexual abuse had dogged his priesthood with other allegation at an earlier assignment. Allegations of abuse in the 1970s were also received. Schmaltz filed suit against the archbishop for slander in 2004. He died 2/5/2010. Included on the archdiocese’s list 11/2/2018. On the Houma-Thibodaux diocese’s list 1/11/2019. (It was established in 1977, formerly part of New Orleans archdiocese.)
- Times-Picayune 01.01.93
- Times-Picayune 08.05.95
- Times-Picayune 01.25.04
- Times Picayune 03.14.04
- Times-Picayune 04.20.04
- Times-Picayune 04.25.04
- Times Picayune 10.13.04
- Times Picayune 02.11.05
- Times-Picayune 06.13.05
- Archdiocese of New Orleans list 11.02.18
- The Advocate 01.11.19
- Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux List accessed 02.24.19
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