Man says he was offered $400,000 to stay silent by associates of removed Metairie deacon
Wheeler befriended the family of the plaintiff, now 32, when the child was about 10 years old, long before he became a deacon, according to the lawsuit. Author: David Hammer / Eyewitness Investigator, Ramon Antonio Vargas / The New Orleans Advocate Published: 5:07 PM CDT July 26, 2021 Updated: 6:31 PM CDT July 26, 2021
METAIRIE, La. A man who claims he was molested as a boy by V.M. Wheeler, a local lawyer and recently-ordained Catholic deacon, is now alleging that associates of the cleric tried to keep him from going public, and even offered to pay him $400,000 if he would stop cooperating with criminal investigators.
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Archdiocese estimates 400 sexual abuse claims filed by March 1 deadline
Plaintiffs’ attorney Jeff Anderson said he believes 400 claims is relatively low for the church in New Orleans. Author: David Hammer / Eyewitness Investigator, Ramon Antonio Vargas / The New Orleans Advocate Published: 3:57 PM CST March 11, 2021 Updated: 5:27 PM CST March 11, 2021
NEW ORLEANS Roughly 400 people who allege that they were sexually preyed upon by local priests and deacons went to bankruptcy court and sought compensation from the Archdiocese of New Orleans before last week’s deadline for victims of clerical abuse to file such claims, church officials said Thursday.
The announcement provides some clarity about the number and potential value of remaining clerical abuse cases that the archdiocese will have to settle or litigate before it can reorganize its finances, a process that started when the church filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy las