Scott Anthony Gastal, 50, was found in the parking lot of a motel in the 1000 block of N. Lakeshore Drive around 10 p.m. on March 2.

The victim of a deadly beating outside a Lake Charles motel was a clergy abuse survivor whose testimony was pivotal in exposing sex abuse within the Catholic Church.

The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the death of Seminarian Peter Andrew, who was kidnapped alongside Rev. Fr. Peter Ekweli on March 3 at St. Peter Catholic Church in Ivukwa Community, Etsako ...

The Edo State Police Command has announced the rescue of Rev. Father Philip Ekeli, who was kidnapped on March 3, 2025, at St ...

Gastal, 50, was one of the first, at age 11, to accuse a Catholic priest of sex abuse. He testified in the 1980s that his ...

Gastal, 50, was one of the first, at age 11, to accuse a Catholic priest of sex abuse. He testified in the 1980s that his priest, Gilbert Gauthe, had raped him.

Catholic priests and nuns joined hundreds of activists demanding to stop a geothermal project on the predominantly Catholic ...

The Catholic Church sees the work of entrepreneurs as a response to a vocational calling to co-create with God.

A Lafayette man who played a crucial role in exposing clerical abuse in the US has died after being beaten in Lake Charles.

The former orphanage is the site where dozens of children were physically, sexually and psychologically abused decades ago by ...

The Jefferson Parish Council has reached a deal with the Archdiocese of New Orleans to purchase Hope Haven in Marrero, the ...