Jamie Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias, 68, plead guilty to a federal charge that he transported a minor intending to engage in criminal sexual activity, authorities said.
WWL-TV and The Times-Picayune broke the story of allegations against Wattigny in October 2020, shortly after Wattigny allegedly admitted the abuse to the Archdiocese
Former Catholic priest Patrick Wattigny, already awaiting trial on child molestation charges, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to another molestation charge.
An investigation detailed historical sexual abuse by clergy in the Roman Catholic Church in Georgia, but did not uncover ongoing or active allegations that could be criminally pursued.
Hilarion Heagy, an Eastern Catholic monk and priest, recently renounced Christianity and embraced Islam triggering multiple headlines in Islamic media and consternation among some who knew him to be a devout Christ follower.