Sex abuse victims, advocates urge New Orleans Saints to explain PR advice given to archdiocese.
January 29, 2020, 10:27 PMCatch up on the developing stories making headlines.Advocates for victims and survivors of sexual assault rallied outside the New Orleans Saints’ practice facility Wednesday and demanded the NFL team come clean about the PR advice it had provided the New Orleans Archdiocese over Catholic priests suspected of abuse.
“If they don’t have anything to hide, then they should release all of the emails to the attorneys,” New Orleans SNAP leader Kevin Bourgeois said at a press conference Wednesday.A spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of New Orleans declined to comment citing the ongoing litigation. Richard Windmann, left, and John Gianoli, right, members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests , hold signs during a conference in front of the New Orleans Saints training facility in Metairie, La., Jan. 29, 2020. The pro football team acknowledged last week that its front office helped church leaders deal with the public relations fallout that followed the publishing of a list of local clergymen the archdiocese deemed credibly accused of sexually abusing children.
“Until the documents are admitted into evidence at a public trial or hearing in the context of relevant testimony by persons having knowledge of the documents and the events to which they pertain, the use of the documents should be limited to the parties to the case and their attorneys,” the Saints said in its statement.
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