‘Crisis communications’: emails show how NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans helped New Orleans church spin abuse scandal

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/feb/03/new-orleans-clergy-abuse-investigation

created by zsreport on 03/02/2025 at 12:06 UTC

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Comment by petit_cochon at 03/02/2025 at 12:11 UTC

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According to highly sensitive emails that were obtained by the outlets, one top executive even described a conversation with the New Orleans district attorney at the time that allowed them to remove clergy names from the list – though the clubs deny their official participated in that discussion, and the prosecutor back then vehemently denies he would ever have weighed in on the list’s content.

The emails call into question prior and newly issued statements by New Orleans’ two major professional sports franchises as they denied being overly entwined in the archdiocese’s most damning affairs – while fighting to keep their communications with the church out of public view.

Hell is other people. People like these scumbags.

Comment by lucybubs at 03/02/2025 at 15:13 UTC

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FU to the SAINTS, GAYLE BENSON, the ARCHDIOCESE of New Orleans, and EVERY POLITICIAN who PROTECTED the HUNDREDS of MEN who RAPED and SODOMIZED innocent little EIGHT YEAR OLD BOYS

Waiting for the Governor and the Attorney General who are STRONG ADVOCATES for putting CRIMINALS BEHIND BARS to speak out against this atrocity - oh wait.......... That's right. 'Devout Catholics'.... BIG BIG BIG Campaign Donors...... Private Jets........

DESPICABLE

https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-saints-catholic-church-sex-abuse-77f92deb50e6333fa04a9db1897f8171

Comment by newswall-org at 03/02/2025 at 17:51 UTC

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More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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New York Times (B+): How the New Orleans Saints Helped the Catholic Church Handle a Sex-Abuse Scandal[1]
CNN.com (C+): NFL emails reveal extent of Saints’ damage control for clergy sex abuse crisis[2]
Associated Press (A-): NFL emails reveal extent of Saints' damage control for clergy sex abuse crisis[3]
Independent (C+): NFL emails reveal extent of Saints' damage control for clergy sex abuse crisis[4]

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1: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/business/new-orleans-saints-catholic-church-abuse.html

2: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/us/new-orleans-saints-catholic-priests-abuse/

3: https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-saints-catholic-church-sex-abuse-77f92deb50e6333fa04a9db1897f8171

4: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-new-orleans-saints-catholic-nfl-roger-goodell-b2691253.html

5: https://www.reddit.com/r/newswall/comments/1igv4lx/

6: https://www.reddit.com/r/newswall/comments/uxgfm5/faq_newswall_bot/

Comment by physedka at 03/02/2025 at 13:11 UTC

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It's hard to parse what is actually new in this story vs. what is just a restating of stuff that we've known for years.