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State police search New Orleans archdiocesan files on sex abuse

April 26, 2024

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CWN Editor's Note: State police in Louisiana have obtained a warrant to search for documents in the files of the New Orleans archdiocese pertaining to the handling of sex-abuse complaints.

A police spokesman said that the search is part of an investigation begun in 2022, prompted by “numerous complaints of child sexual abuse.”

The archdiocese is cooperating with the search, the police spokesman said.

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