In the interview, deWater said his unnamed accuser described going “many, many times” with him to swim at an unknown location across Lake Pontchartrain. He said the accuser claimed they were naked together, but deWater said they changed into swimsuits separately.
“I was not about anything just to see his behind naked at all. I would not be interested in that,” he said, later adding, “I am certainly not younger people going to sit with my nakedness.”
He then said, starting in Dutch and then switching to English: “There was no sin, nothing in the swimming pool.”
He did acknowledge one allegation detailed in the letter from the archbishop: that he purchased two swimsuits for the boy that were “popular to wear.”
In the interview, deWater said his unnamed accuser described going “many, many times” with him to swim at an unknown location across Lake Pontchartrain. He said the accuser claimed they were naked together, but deWater said they changed into swimsuits separately.
“I was not about anything just to see his behind naked at all. I would not be interested in that,” he said, later adding, “I am certainly not younger people going to sit with my nakedness.”
He then said, starting in Dutch and then switching to English: “There was no sin, nothing in the swimming pool.”
He did acknowledge one allegation detailed in the letter from the archbishop: that he purchased two swimsuits for the boy that were “popular to wear.”
OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL: The public is invited to a candlelight Mass at 5 p.m. Dec. 27 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 1307 Louisiana Ave. The Rev. Paul Clark will celebrate Mass, with musical accompaniment from organist Brian Morgan and cantor Melissa Brocato. Social-distance seating enforced; attendees must wear a mask.
ST. MARY S DOMINICAN HIGH SCHOOL: Sister Phuong Thuy Vu, an assistant in the counseling department at St. Mary s Dominican High School in New Orleans, went through the rite of first profession of vows during the Dec. 8 Mass for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. The Mass and vows were held in Our Lady Queen of the Rosary Chapel and video streamed to the school community, Sister Phuongâs family, and the U.S. Dominican community. The Rev. John Restrepo, Dominican s school chaplain, was celebrant, and Dominican President Cynthia A. Thomas delivered the welcome.