JEFFERSON PARISH (SCSA) The V.M. Wheeler case has always been peculiar and sparked our interest. Wheeler, an Attorney and a Catholic Deacon in the New Orleans Archdiocese, died of pancreatic […]
Category: Religion
OPINION: Can Catholic Federal Judges Rule Objectively In Catholic Church Cases?
June 26, 2023There is a crisis in the Federal Louisiana Eastern District Courts. Federal Judges Wendy Vitter, Jay Zainey, Sarah Vance, Ivan Lemelle, Lance Africk immediately recused themselves from the Archdiocese of New […]
Opinion: In the 11th Hour, New Orleans Archdiocese Hands Over Sealed Documents
June 19, 2023This article was originally published on www.scsaorg.org. Big Easy Magazine was given permission to publish by author, Richard Windmann, Ph.D. It would seem that we finally have a champion on […]
Archdiocese Abuse Survivor Reaches Out To Federal Judge
March 30, 2022Aaron Hebert, a survivor of childhood sex abuse at the hands of Catholic Monsignor Lawrence Hecker, wrote a letter to Chief Federal Magistrate Judge Michael B. North on 03/28/2022, questioning […]
New Orleans Archbishop Facing Allegations of Abuse and Cover Up
November 15, 2021Multiple sources have come forward to make allegations against Archbishop Aymond, after his spokesperson sent a letter of denial to Church Militant. As the Bishop’s conference in Baltimore approaches this […]
Attorney Jeff Landry Supports New Statute of Limitation Law Regarding Child Sex Abuse Crimes
October 28, 2021Jeff Landry, the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, issued a memorandum (see below) today to the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, supporting the new Statute […]
Opinion: Shots Fired
October 8, 2021Today is the very beginning of the end for the unspeakable, traumatic atrocity that victims and survivors of childhood sex abuse have experienced in the Great state of Louisiana by […]
The Catholic Church and the Art of the Coverup
September 13, 2021It was the summer of 2011, and I was summoned to the office of a psychologist in Dallas, and Raymond Fitzgerald, the President of Jesuit High School, who flew from […]
Clergy Voice Opposition to Anti-Trans Bill & Succeed
July 21, 2021“Cynical and frivolous” is how a letter to Louisiana State Legislature signed by nearly 100 bishops and clergy of various faith traditions describes Senate Bill 156. SB 156 would bar […]
The Impact of the Supreme Court Ruling in Fulton v. Philadelphia on Religious Liberty and LGBTQ Rights Explained
June 24, 2021Last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Fulton v. Philadelphia that the city of Philadelphia improperly applied anti-discrimination laws against the Roman Catholic charity, Catholic Social Services (CSS), […]
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