New Orleans attorney fined $400,000 after exposing abusive priest says it was ‘worth it’

New Orleans attorney fined $400,000 after exposing abusive priest says it was ‘worth it’

In brief

Richard Trahant says accusers have been vindicated after Catholic church officially classifies Paul Hart as sex abuserAn attorney who was fined more than $400,000 after getting an abusive Roman Catholic priest removed as a New Orleans high school’s chaplain says it was “worth it” now that the church has officially classified the cleric as a clergy molester.That remark from Richard Trahant came days after the…

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