WDSU Investigates has obtained documents sealed in a case involving New Orleans clergy sex abuse. The documents paint the picture of abuse from about a dozen victims of a former New Orleans priest, Lawrence Hecker. After his historic guilty plea this week, one of Hecker’s accusers is speaking up to let sex abuse survivors know there is hope. The man WDSU spoke with did not want his identity revealed. Warning: The details in this story are graphic. “Passed around like meat, and we all suffered,” the victim said. “It is impossible to describe.”WDSU asked what his reaction was to Hecker pleading guilty.”It brought a great deal of resolution to what we have been dealing with,” he said.The victim shared his most vivid memory from almost 60 years ago when he says Hecker took him to a local pool to swim naked.”He came up from behind me, grabbed me and started …
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