Fr. Wesley Michael Landry
Monsignor. Landry admitted to the Archdiocese in 1993 that he had had a sexual relationship for decades with a man. The man claims that Landry ‘seduced’ him when he was an 11- or 12-year-old altar boy at Incarnate Word Church in New Orleans in the 1950s and continued the relationship for over 45 years. Landry gave him money for sex, amounting to $80,000-$100,000 over the years. The Archdiocese gave the man $7,000 for a release and Landry “retired.” Landry died in 2002. Included on the archdiocese’s list 11/2/2018.
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