Louisiana
Former Louisiana Priest Faces More Molestation Charges
A former Catholic priest in Louisiana faces extra expenses of molesting a juvenile.
Patrick Wattigny is now accused in one other case after a second sufferer stepped ahead with allegations of sexual abuse. Wattigny was arrested two years in the past for comparable expenses.
What Allegedly Occurred in 2020?
Wattigny was serving at St. Luke’s in Slidell and as Chaplain at Archbishop Rummel Excessive in Metairie when he allegedly molested a teenage boy again in 2013. The sufferer was age 15 when the alleged assaults occurred. The case was filed when the boy got here ahead accusing Wattigny of grooming him in telephone conversations and textual content messages. The molestation allegedly occurred within the church’s rectory and different places.
This newest sufferer alleges priest Patrick Wattigny sexually abused him when he was in elementary college at a Covington space Catholic college. No different particulars have been launched by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriffs Workplace about these newest allegations. However they did say the second sufferer obtained in contact with police in August to element what occurred to him.
Wattigny plead not responsible to the primary expenses final 12 months and was launched on bond.
New Orleans Archdiocese spokesperson Sarah McDonald did subject this temporary assertion:
We’re conscious of the arrest of Patrick Wattigny on expenses of molestation of a juvenile,” McDonald. Our prayers are with the sufferer of this abuse. We’ve got cooperated with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Workplace investigation and pledge our continued cooperation as this strikes ahead.
Legal professional Robert Stern, informed WWL-TV that Wattigny turned himself in when he was knowledgeable about these newest allegations.
Caddo Parish Violent Offenders For October 2022 (Mugshots)
The next images are those that had been booked to Caddo Correctional Middle within the month of October 2022. A few of these inmates have already been launched, and a few have but to go to trial. All these pictured are thought-about harmless till confirmed responsible.