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Retired New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping a boy in the 1970s.

Hecker, who admitted to molesting several other children, will receive a mandatory life sentence.

The case has led to an investigation into whether the archdiocese ran a child sex trafficking ring.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

"Now that I'm on my deathbed, I better admit and ask forgiveness for all those horrible things I did so I can still scam my way into heaven."

[–] snausagesinablanket 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If there is a GOD, it knows your heart.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If there is one, he's a piece of shit who condones every atrocity.

[–] Kbobabob 7 points 2 weeks ago

God is either omniscient and allows these things or God is not omniscient and thus no God.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

St Peter hates him! Try this one weird trick!

[–] whostosay 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait. Someone within the Catholic church raped a child?

[–] SendMePhotos 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] AbidanYre 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's an unfortunate username here.

[–] SendMePhotos 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Never trust anybody that can do anything they want, and then clear their conscience just by asking forgiveness from someone nobody else can see.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit 5 points 2 weeks ago

...inquiry over whether the archdiocese ran a child sex-trafficking ring...

Turns out it wasn't but only on a technicality: the child sex-trafficking ring was running the archdiocese.

[–] MTK 3 points 2 weeks ago

Wow, real justice was done here, dude is 93, whats a life sentence for him, 2 years if he's lucky?