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102-515: The history of the Catholic League can be traced back to 1895, but the first season of the Catholic League as we know it was in 1955. The league is named for having mostly New Orleans' oldest and biggest Catholic schools , though some public schools have played in the league as well. Chalmette High School in St. Bernard Parish had the longest tenure of any public school in the Catholic League. Chalmette

204-574: A British invasion , the American Civil War , multiple yellow fever epidemics , anti-immigration and anti-Catholicism , the New Orleans Hurricane of 1915 , Segregation , Hurricane Betsy , and an occasional financial crisis, not to mention Hurricane Katrina . Each time, the archdiocese rebuilt damaged churches and rendered assistance to the victims of every disaster. More recently, the church has faced an increased demand for churches in

306-629: A storm surge that submerged parts of Slidell by up to 4 ft (1.2 m), inundating several homes. About 38,000 residences in New Orleans were left without power at one point, though only minor flooding occurred around the city. Low-lying areas in adjacent parishes reported more significant effects; street flooding occurred in Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes, and floodwaters in Jefferson Parish prompted residents to evacuate. Moving ashore in

408-526: A co-educational school in the 1992-93 school year, dropped out voluntarily after the 2002-2003 school year after being a member of the league since 1955. Archbishop Shaw left the league after 2005, and Holy Cross, with enrollment declining since Katrina and its school nearly destroyed by the levee breaches along the Industrial Canal, moved down to 4A for 2007 and further down to 3A for 2009. The league, left with four schools and in danger of being combined with

510-470: A credibly accused child molester, after his victim received a substantial financial settlement and more than ten months after he pleaded guilty to child molestation. The victim said about the delay "They can't even do something as simple as put somebody on the list who admitted it". In December 2022, Wheeler was sentenced to five years probation, but died from pancreatic cancer in April 2023. In December 2023, it

612-575: A day earlier, was closed indefinitely. Roads were closed, including exits on the New York State Thruway in the Mohawk Valley , and south of the Interstate 84 exit at Newburgh , the entire highway. Some businesses that had spent considerable time and money to reopen after Irene were once again flooded. A Petco flooded because of the tropical storm resulting in almost 100 animals drowning after

714-507: A different 5A district with Destrehan, Hahnville and East St. John high schools to the west. For the 2011 and 2012 football seasons, Rummel maintained its rivalry games with Holy Cross, St. Augustine and Shaw, although the Shaw-Rummel games were canceled by tropical systems, Tropical Storm Lee in 2011 and Hurricane Isaac in 2012. Jesuit played Holy Cross and Shaw, but not St. Augustine, and Brother Martin only played St. Augustine, continuing

816-455: A failed attempt to take them to safety. Flooding in Wilkes-Barre led to a mandatory evacuation on September 8 of all of the areas that were affected by the 1972 Hurricane Agnes floods. The Susquehanna River reached a record high of 42.6 feet (13.0 m) in hard-hit Wilkes-Barre early on Friday, September 9. The levee system held in the northeastern Pennsylvania city. The river topped

918-581: A flooded road; one person drowned, though its two other occupants were unharmed. With Lee tracking further inland, heavy precipitation up to 13 in (330 mm) fell across Alabama. At the height of the storm, about 220,000 customers reportedly lost power due to snapped electricity poles and power lines. It caused significant, albeit localized wind damage to structures across southern areas, in particular in and around Mobile and Baldwin Counties. Multiple properties sustained damage and two homes were demolished by

1020-476: A going concern". The following month a committee representing survivors proposed that church-affiliated organizations and insurers should pay over $ 1bn to settle claims; the archdiocese in response counter-proposed to pay $ 62.5m. St. Louis Cathedral is located on Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It was originally built in 1718, shortly after the founding of the city. The church building

1122-425: A large population of African American Catholics with deep heritage in the area. Later, Irish , Italian , Polish , Bavarian , and other immigrants have brought their heritage and customs to the archdiocese. The last quarter of the 20th century also brought many Vietnamese Catholics from South Vietnam to settle in the city. New waves of immigrants from Mexico, Honduras , Nicaragua and Cuba also have added to

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1224-568: A later desegregation, white liberal and African-American groups faced disappointment but that the integration had not produced as intense of a backlash. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). " Archdiocese of New Orleans ". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company. 29°57′27″N 90°06′56″W  /  29.95750°N 90.11556°W  / 29.95750; -90.11556 Tropical Storm Lee (2011) Tropical Storm Lee

1326-521: A location in Missouri operated by the Redemptorist order, of which he was a member. Around the same time, Louisiana state police served a search warrant in an investigation into whether the archdiocese once ran a concealed sex trafficking ring. The warrant claims that some victims were assaulted in a swimming pool after they were told to "skinny dip," and that other victims were shared among priests through

1428-542: A mission, based in New Orleans, to serve the indigenous peoples. The Jesuit vicar-general returned to France to recruit priests and also persuaded the Ursulines of Rouen to assume charge of a hospital and school. The royal patent authorizing the Ursulines to found a convent in Louisiana was issued September 18, 1726. Ten religious from various cities sailed from Hennebont on January 12, 1727, and reached New Orleans on August 6. As

1530-467: A nationwide recession affected enrollment at St. Augustine and Archbishop Shaw enough to drop the two schools to class 4A in the 2010 reclassification, effective for the fall 2011 school semester. As a result, three 5A Catholic League schools would be left in the New Orleans area. Jesuit principal Michael Giambellaca authored a proposal to call a special LHSAA meeting mainly to vote to allow schools to play above their enrollment classification, but his proposal

1632-494: A nearby Jefferson Parish public school league, accepted public school and former member Chalmette High School to bring itself back to five schools and remain a standalone league. Reclassification in 2009 added Archbishop Shaw back into the Catholic League, as their enrollment increased over the 5A threshold. It allowed Chalmette High School to move to a neighboring district of Jefferson Parish public schools where they hoped to be more competitive. The lingering effects of Katrina and

1734-407: A report found that Hecker's mental health indicated he could eventually recover from this condition, and become once again mentally fit to stand trial. In October 2023 the archdiocese of New Orleans finally acknowledged that V.M. Wheeler, an attorney and church benefactor who had died that year after having been ordained a deacon despite the church receiving a report of earlier child abuse, had been

1836-432: A rule in 2005 designed to limit schools with low enrollments playing "up" in class, believing that football powers such as John Curtis Christian School and Evangel Christian Academy were using 4A and 5A status, respectively, to attract students to their schools. Curtis was dropped to 2A in 2005, and Evangel to 1A before moving up to 2A in 2007. The effects of this rule shook up the Catholic League. De La Salle, which became

1938-473: A separate child sexual abuse case in December 2020, Hecker confessed in a legal deposition that he still looked at child pornography. In April 2024, a new search warrant was issued that allowed police to seize more documents related to the investigation against Hecker, though Hecker himself was determined, shortly before this warrant was issued, to be mentally unfit to stand trial due to short-term memory loss, but

2040-590: A subpoena had been issued for the documents—that the last four archbishops of New Orleans had gone to "shocking lengths" to hide child abuse by a confessed molester who was still alive at the time. Priest Lawrence Hecker confessed to his superiors in 1999 that he had between about 1966 and 1979 sexually molested several teenagers that he had met due to his work as a priest. Hecker's confession said that Archbishop Philip Hannan spoke with him in 1988 about an accusation of sexual abuse. In 1996 Hannan's successor Francis Schulte deemed another allegation as unsubstantiated. Hecker

2142-455: A system of "gifts" that the victims were instructed to pass along to other clergymen as a signal that the victim was a fitting target for sexual abuse. In August 2024 a judge appointed a business-turnaround expert to find out the status of the church's and its creditors' different proposed restructuring plans; to review costs already incurred, about $ 40m; and to determine if the church had the "financial wherewithal" to "reorganize and continue as

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2244-672: A tour of New France from the Lakes to the Mississippi, and visiting New Orleans, he describes "a little village of about one hundred cabins dotted here and there, a large wooden warehouse in which I said Mass, a chapel in course of construction and two storehouses". In 1722 the Capuchins were assigned ecclesiastical responsibility for the Lower Mississippi Valley, while the Jesuits maintained

2346-514: A tropical depression in operational estimates, due to land interaction and continental air being advected into the system. Lee had begun to interact with a strong upper-level trough (which would subsequently spawn Hurricane Nate in the Bay of Campeche a few days later) in the Mississippi Valley as it continued to move off to the east-northeast . It was designated an extratropical low adjacent to

2448-736: A two-day period. Heavy rain from the remnants of Lee brought flooding to the Susquehanna River valley, dropping 10-12 inches of precipitation. In the Binghamton area, record flooding was observed along the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers. USGS river gauges recorded water levels as high as 17 ft above flood stage , topping previous record heights achieved in the Mid-Atlantic United States flood of 2006 . In some areas, such as Conklin , several residents had finished rebuilding from

2550-669: Is a Latin Church ecclesiastical division of the Catholic Church spanning Jefferson (except Grand Isle ), Orleans , Plaquemines , St. Bernard , St. Charles , St. John the Baptist , St. Tammany , and Washington civil parishes of southeastern Louisiana . It is the second to the Archdiocese of Baltimore in age among the present dioceses in the United States, having been elevated to

2652-475: The Bishop of Baltimore , served as apostolic administrator of the diocese from 1805 to 1812. The diocese became a suffragan of the see of Baltimore, which had been elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1808, during this period. Archbishop Carroll's successor as apostolic administrator would eventually be the diocese's first resident bishop of the 19th century. In 1823, Pope Pius VII appointed Joseph Rosati to

2754-477: The COVID-19 pandemic . The archdiocese, which had a $ 45 million budget, owed $ 38 million in bonds to creditors and was also facing more pending sex abuse lawsuits. The pending sex abuse lawsuits, which were suspended due to the bankruptcy filing, would probably have cost the already financially struggling archdiocese millions of dollars more. On August 20, 2020, victims of sex abuse by clergy who served in

2856-492: The Diocese of Baton Rouge , taking its territory from the archdiocese and making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan see. On 2 March 1977, Pope Paul VI erected the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux , taking its territory from the archdiocese and making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan see. In its long history, the archdiocese and the city of New Orleans have survived several major disasters, including several citywide fires ,

2958-526: The National Hurricane Center forecast some potential for the formation of a tropical cyclone in a day or two. Strong convection increased mainly to its east during the next day, and by 23:00 UTC , data from a reconnaissance aircraft confirmed the presence of a closed circulation center. At this point, the system was considered sufficiently organized to be upgraded to a tropical depression , with its center located 255 mi (360 km) to

3060-758: The Peace of Paris in 1783. Pope Pius VI erected the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas encompassing the pioneer parishes of New Orleans and Louisiana and both Florida colonies on April 25, 1793, taking its territory from the Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana , based in Havana, Cuba . The diocese originally encompassed the entire territory of the Louisiana Purchase , from the Gulf of Mexico to British North America , as well as

3162-627: The 1978 Jesuit-St. Augustine game drew more than 42,000 in the first state championship game to be contested in the Louisiana Superdome . In 2000, Archbishop Shaw won the 5A championship game but was later forced to forfeit the game. The following schools were members of a parallel 5A "Catholic League" for girls' sports in the New Orleans area. Archdiocese of New Orleans The Archdiocese of New Orleans ( Latin : Archidioecesis Novae Aureliae , French: Archidiocèse de la Nouvelle-Orléans , Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Nueva Orleans )

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3264-485: The 1980s. In September 2023, a grand jury indicted Hecker on charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape, aggravated crimes against nature, and theft. This led to Hecker turning himself in. He was booked, but entered a plea of not guilty. His bail bond was set at $ 800,000, though it was reported in January 2024 that he could not pay the bond, and remained in jail. It was also revealed that while being investigation for

3366-571: The 2006 floods only months before Lee hit. Most municipalities in Greater Binghamton and the Penn-York Valley saw water levels top the levees, inundating several downtown areas along the river. Many of the locations under water had not flooded since the mid-1930s, due to the construction of levees. Over 20,000 residents were forced to evacuate in Broome County , and downtown Binghamton

3468-481: The 40.9 feet (12.5 m) level in flooding caused by Agnes. Other towns in northeastern Pennsylvania, which were not protected by a levee system, encountered historic flooding. West Pittston , Pittston , Tunkhannock , Edwardsville , Plymouth Township , and Nanticoke were just a few areas affected. About 100,000 people were displaced. In Columbia County , the Bloomsburg Fair was forced to be cancelled for

3570-525: The Boston scandal, but the New Orleans archdiocese only acknowledged that Hecker was a predator on releasing the 2018 list of accused clergy. In early 2020, despite his having confessed to child abuse, the Vatican bestowed the honorific title of monsignor on Hecker. The diocese continued paying Hecker and other abusers retirement benefits, until a judge overseeing the diocese's bankruptcy ordered payments to stop. It

3672-519: The Catholic League was kept intact, with Slidell High School added, a move which was sharply criticized by the St. Tammany Parish school board and Slidell supporters, who were angered to see longtime rivalries with fellow St. Tammany schools Covington and Mandeville placed on hiatus. Slidell was moved out of the Catholic League and back into a St. Tammany-based district in 1995-96. In 2010, LHSAA enrollment figures dropped Archbishop Shaw High School and St. Augustine High School into class 4A, leaving

3774-647: The Catholic League, making it the first private non-Catholic school to become a member. For the 2014 football season, Curtis played in a Class 2A district during the regular season, but played in the Division I select state playoffs, which included the six then-current members of the Catholic League, as well as Evangel; St. Paul's, a Catholic all-boys school in Covington ; and two co-educational Catholic schools in Lafayette , St. Thomas More and Teurlings Catholic. The Patriots lost

3876-435: The Catholic League, spreading the seven schools amongst three districts and mixing them with public schools from Orleans and Jefferson Parishes. The plan drew serious objections from both Catholic and public schools: the Catholic League schools were afraid of significant financial losses, since public schools generally have far less fan support than Catholic schools; and the public schools feared competitive imbalance. Eventually,

3978-624: The Catholic League. Bold indicates that the team won the state championship. Italic indicates that the team was state runner-up. In addition, the following teams have played for the state championship without winning district: The state championships won by the Catholic League Four state championship games, in 1963 (Holy Cross 13, Jesuit 6), 1971 (Brother Martin 23, St. Augustine 0) 1978 (St. Augustine 14, Jesuit 7), and 2022 (John Curtis 23, Brother Martin 0) have been all-Catholic League affairs. Each game drew more than 25,000 fans;

4080-477: The Catholic population. The Archdiocese of New Orleans is also a metropolitan see of a province that spans the entire U.S. state of Louisiana. Its suffragan sees are the Diocese of Alexandria , Diocese of Baton Rouge , Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux , Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana , Diocese of Lake Charles , and Diocese of Shreveport . As of June 2023 the archdiocese is under chapter 11 bankruptcy due to

4182-483: The Catholic schools (and former members now in 4A) would still probably be referred to as Catholic League games. On November 10, 2010, the LHSAA approved the final districts for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years. Brother Martin, Jesuit and Rummel joined a Class 5A district with Chalmette, Grace King and West Jefferson (Grace King will not play a district schedule in football). Bonnabel, John Ehret and Higgins were assigned to

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4284-455: The Diocese of New Orleans to a metropolitan archdiocese. On 29 July 1953, Pope Pius IX erected the Diocese of Natchitoches , taking its territory from the archdiocese and making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan see. On 11 January 1918, Pope Benedict XV erected the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana , taking its territory from the archdiocese making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan see. On 22 July 1961, Pope John XXIII erected

4386-479: The Division I championship game to Jesuit, 17-14. For 2022—24 LHSAA redistricting period, Edna Karr joined the league while Archbishop Shaw left the league moving to a lower classification. Despite Karr's efforts to leave the Catholic League during the 2024-26 LHSAA redistricting period, the Cougars were again placed in the Catholic League by the LHSAA. For the 2024-26 LHSAA redistricting period, Warren Easton will join

4488-504: The Florida peninsula and the Gulf Coast . This date of erection makes the present Archdiocese of New Orleans the second oldest Catholic diocese in the present United States after the Archdiocese of Baltimore , which the same pope had erected as the Diocese of Baltimore on November 6, 1789. The new diocese encompassed the area claimed by Spain as Louisiana , which was all the land draining into

4590-729: The Gulf Coast. Flooding associated with the rains caused significant property damage in the areas, with drowning deaths reported in both Mississippi and Georgia. Elsewhere, the storm helped spread wildfires that destroyed homes and killed two people in Texas, and a traffic accident in Alabama resulted in one death. Rough surf offshore drowned one person in each of these states. After becoming extratropical, Lee caused historic flooding in Pennsylvania , New York , and Canada , mainly Quebec and Ontario . Lee

4692-589: The Houma-Thibodaux area: Central Lafourche, H.L. Bourgeois, South Lafourche, Terrebonne and Thibodaux. Chalmette administrators appealed to be placed in the Jefferson Parish district 8-5A, but not without some dissent from their fanbase. In November 2014, John Curtis football coach and school headmaster J.T. Curtis, Jr. declared the Patriots would play up to Class 5A in all sports. The LHSAA placed John Curtis in

4794-584: The Louisiana parishes of Terrebonne and Lafourche distributed sandbags at several coastal locations after specialists forecast torrential rainfall and flash flood warnings were issued. Due to its unusually slow and erratic motion, Lee produced flooding rains across much of southern Louisiana. Headwinds from Lee fanned a large fire north in Natchitoches Parish ; about 400 acres of land, including 10 adjacent homes and several buildings, were set ablaze and subsequently destroyed. High winds also produced

4896-563: The Mississippi River from the west, as well as Spanish territory to the east of the river in modern-day Mississippi , Alabama , and Florida. In April 1803, the United States purchased Louisiana from France, which had in 1800 forced Spain to retrocede the territory in the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso . The United States took formal possession of New Orleans on December 20, 1803, and of Upper Louisiana on March 10, 1804. John Carroll ,

4998-582: The Rosary Parish in the late 1970s. Brignac died before his trial, shortly after falling and breaking his back in jail in June 2020. In January 2020, the New Orleans Saints football team said that Senior Vice President for Communications Greg Bensel had provided public relations advice to the archdiocese. Bensel gave them "...input on how to work with the media" regarding the sex abuse scandal. He advised

5100-657: The aftereffects of flooding from Hurricane Irene almost two weeks earlier had those problems aggravated by 2–4 inches (51–102 mm) of new rain on saturated ground and rivers still swollen. The Wallkill River crested at 5 feet (1.5 m) above flood stage in Ulster County , and the village of Washingtonville in Orange County to the south was isolated as it had been after Irene by the rising waters of Moodna Creek . The Orange County Government Center in Goshen , just reopened

5202-567: The archdiocese filed a motion in court to dismiss the bankruptcy. The case continued as of June 2023 . In May 2020, the board president of an archdiocesan ministry, who chose to remain anonymous, resigned his post. He claimed that he was forced out of his position because he was suing the archdiocese. In 2013, the man had told Archbishop Aymond that he had been molested in 1980 at St. Ann School in Metairie by archdiocesan priest James Collery. Collery died in 1987. In 2013, Aymond agreed to pay for

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5304-415: The archdiocese to "Be direct, open and fully transparent, while making sure that all law enforcement agencies were alerted." On May 1, 2020, the archdiocese filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy , affecting only the administrative office of the archdiocese, and not schools, Masses , and other ministries, citing the mounting cost of litigation from sexual abuse cases and the unforeseen financial consequences of

5406-459: The brisk winds blew piles of sand from local beaches onto adjacent city streets, and rough seas swept ashore numerous tarballs . Despite bringing little rain to Texas, Lee produced gusts and rough surf along its coasts. Offshore Galveston , a man drowned after losing control of his bodyboard due to strong winds. As Lee headed north inland over the Gulf Coast, high winds were reported as fueling up to 60 separate brush fires across Texas, which

5508-481: The census of the archdiocese, 36% of the total population of the area. The current head of the archdiocese is Archbishop Gregory Michael Aymond . The Archdiocese of New Orleans reflects the cultural diversity of the city of New Orleans and the surrounding (civil) parishes. As a major port, the city has attracted immigrants from around the world. When French and Spanish Catholics ruled the city, some encouraged enslaved Africans to adopt Christianity, resulting in

5610-534: The convent was not ready, the governor gave up his residence to them. They opened a hospital for the care of the sick and a school for poor children. France surrendered New Orleans and the rest of Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi to the Spanish under the Treaty of Paris of 1763. From then until 1783, East Florida and West Florida were under British control, but both Florida colonies reverted to Spain as part of

5712-601: The diocese, he did not change its title. But soon after, Bishop Rosati abruptly resigned the office of coadjutor bishop during a trip to Rome after which the Vatican decided to split the diocese again, making St. Louis a separate see. On 18 July 1826, the same pope On 19 July 1850, Pope Pius IX erected the Apostolic Vicariate of the Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains . On the same day, he elevated

5814-625: The district with three Catholic schools which had to be combined with three public schools to form a new district. WLAE-TV 32 in New Orleans has produced a documentary named Glory Days , with part 1, focusing on the 1950s and 60s, airing in November 2010, and part 2 airing in September 2012, which tells the tale of the 1970s, when the Catholic League was regarded as the toughest high school sporting district in America. More parts are planned. The LHSAA passed

5916-460: The exceedingly large circulation later that day. Due to a large portion of circulation remaining over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Lee weakened more slowly than a typical tropical cyclone would as it moves inland. Lee finally moved inland over south-central Louisiana on the morning of September 4 as a subtropical storm with winds of 45 mph (75 km/h). By that evening, Lee had weakened to

6018-414: The first time in its 157-year history due to extensive damage to the fairgrounds On the border of Northumberland and Columbia Counties, the well-known amusement park Knoebels receives flooding in the park. The flood was close to the damages of Hurricane Agnes in 1972 . The park received major damage, with almost all of its employees chipping in that week to help reopen. The majority of the park opened

6120-657: The following week. The prospect of flooding led Harrisburg to evacuate 10,000 people from low-lying areas of downtown. The Pennsylvania Governor's Residence was evacuated due to rising floodwaters. Lee caused the Susquehanna River to reach the third-worst flood stage in its history, and caused the Swatara Creek to reach its highest level ever. One drowning bison at the ZooAmerica wildlife park in Hershey, Pennsylvania ,

6222-489: The genesis of a weak tropical wave , or an elongated low-pressure feature at the lower levels of the atmosphere. The wave initiated a more-or-less westward, then west-northwestward drift across the Yucatán Peninsula toward the Gulf of Mexico , although it remained largely disorganized while doing so. After arriving in the gulf on August 31, the system failed to develop much under initially high wind shear ; however,

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6324-449: The highest classification when the LHSAA added a new classification for the 1991-92 term. The Owls did not rejoin the Catholic League until 2007, when Chalmette became the lone high school in St. Bernard following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and thus had a 5A enrollment. In 1992, the LHSAA's first classification plan for the 1993-94 and 1994-95 school years would have dissolved

6426-400: The latter parish near Lafitte , the storm caused heavy rainfall, leaving roughly 60 percent of the area inundated. In light of heavy rainfall forecast for coastal areas, much of southern Mississippi was under a flash flood watch until the passage of the storm. A state of emergency was ordered for Jackson County ; local fire stations initiated the free distribution of sandbags, and the harbor

6528-533: The law. In November 2018, after consulting with community and civic leaders, the Archdiocese of New Orleans listed 81 clergy who were "credibly accused" of committing acts of sex abuse over decades while they were serving in the archdiocese. Some settled lawsuits filed against them while one, Francis LeBlanc, had been convicted in 1996. In December 2019, former deacon Greg Brignac was arrested for multiple acts of abuse, including raping an altar boy at Our Lady of

6630-458: The more heavily flooded neighborhoods, such as St. Bernard Parish , many parish structures were wiped out entirely. In early 2009, the state of Maine passed a law allowing same-sex civil marriage. In July 2009, the Archdiocese of New Orleans contributed $ 2,000 to a referendum campaign to overturn that law. According to Maine's "Commission on Governmental Ethics & Election Practices", the Diocese of Portland Maine spent over $ 553,000 to overturn

6732-594: The mounting cost of litigation around cases of sexual abuse by clerics of the diocese and coverups, and covid. The Catholic Church has had a presence in New Orleans since before the founding of the city by the French in 1718. Missionaries served the French military outposts and worked among the native peoples. The area was then under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Quebec . In 1721 Fr. Francis-Xavier de Charlevoix, S.J., made

6834-493: The new District 9-5A to re-form the Catholic League. All-girls Catholic schools Chapelle, Dominican and Mount Carmel were also placed in the district. The plan was approved by the LHSAA Executive Committee on December 12. Grace King and West Jefferson were placed in District 8-5A with the other Jefferson Parish schools in 5A: Bonnabel, Higgins, John Ehret and Helen Cox, which opted to play up from 4A. Destrehan, East St. John and Hahnville were placed in District 7-5A with schools from

6936-410: The office of coadjutor bishop of the diocese. At the diocesan bishop's suggestion, the diocesan bishop was based in New Orleans while his coadjutor was based in St. Louis. On 19 August 1825, Pope Leo XII erected the Apostolic Vicariate of Alabama and the Floridas , taking its territory from the Archdiocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas. Although the two Florida territories were no longer part of

7038-508: The parishes operate primary schools . Previously Catholic schools were racially segregated . In 1962 there were 153 Catholic schools; that year the archdiocese began admitting black students into schools that did not admit them; that year about 200 black children attended the archdiocese's Catholic schools previously not reserved for black children. The desegregation occurred two years after public schools had integrated. Bruce Nolan of The Times Picayune stated that because Catholic schools had

7140-449: The priests, Paul Calamari, petitioned the court to reinstate his benefits. Speaking in a court session, Calamari told Grabill that he had a "failing" and a "sin" with a 17-year-old high school boy in 1973. In November, 2020, a news report revealed that the archdiocese had paid one of Calamari's alleged victims US$ 100,000 two years before, deeming the sex abuse allegations against Calamari to be credible. On August 19, 2020, Brian Highfill

7242-521: The rank of diocese on April 25, 1793, during Spanish colonial rule . Its patron saints are the virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Prompt Succor and St. Louis, King of France , and Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis is its mother church with St. Patrick's Church serving as a pro-cathedral . The archdiocese has 137 church parishes administered by 387 priests (including those belonging to religious institutes ), 187 permanent deacons, 84 brothers, and 432 sisters. There are 372,037 Catholics on

7344-570: The rivalry between the Gentilly schools. At its January 2012 convention, the LHSAA approved a new proposal by Giambelluca which allowed schools to play up from their enrollment-based classification by one class, effective with the 2013-14 school year. When the LHSAA began its reclassification for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years in November 2012, Holy Cross, St. Augustine and Shaw all declared they would play up from 4A to 5A. The LHSAA placed those three schools with Brother Martin, Jesuit and Rummel in

7446-538: The southern state, prolonged inclement weather from Lee and its remnants resulted in widespread moderate and localized extensive flooding. Several roads were inundated in the coastal counties of Hancock, Jackson, and Harrison , with the latter two reporting considerable property damage due to the floods. A potent tornado touched down in northern Harrison, leaving behind demolished trailers and downed trees and power lines throughout Saucier . In Stone County , some structures including one church sustained wind damage during

7548-549: The southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River . Situated within an area of weak steering currents , the depression remained nearly stationary during the initial stages of its existence. It exhibited a poor organization at the time; the circulation remained elongated, with a broad center of light winds removed from the sheared convective mass. Over the course of September 2 the convection began to deepen over its eastern portion, which later translated into an increase in

7650-477: The still elongated circulation; this unusual structure to purely tropical cyclones, combined with an overall hybrid appearance on satellite images , suggested Lee transitioned into a subtropical storm as it approached the Louisiana coast, similar to the transition of Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 . Stalling off the coast of Louisiana , the storm's windfield continued to expand and increase in strength, though two separate low-level centers became evident within

7752-555: The storm. For the next several days, the new low made a large, counterclockwise loop over a portion of the Eastern United States , before dissipating on September 11, over western Tennessee . In advance of the storm, oil companies in the Gulf of Mexico ordered the evacuation of employees from offshore platforms as a safety precaution. A tropical storm warning was posted from Pascagoula, Mississippi , westward to Sabine Pass , Texas , in response to Lee. Early on September 3,

7854-552: The storm; officials further reported the worst of the winds were also attributed to a possible tornado, which uprooted trees and severely damaged one manufactured home. Further inland, moderate street flooding also occurred in Rankin and Wilkinson counties, while more significant floods, as well as scattered power outages, took place in Hinds County . In Tishomingo County , a vehicle was caught in rushing waters while attempting to cross

7956-542: The suburbs and a decline in attendance to inner-city parishes . The church has also weathered changes within the Catholic Church , such as the Second Vatican Council , and changing spiritual values throughout the rest of the United States . The archdiocese sustained severe damage from Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita . Numerous churches and schools were flooded and battered by hurricane-force winds. In

8058-425: The trough on the morning of September 5, while maintaining tropical storm-force winds according to post-analysis. The extratropical remnants weakened further on September 6, as it entered northwestern Georgia . Early on September 7, at 00:00 UTC, the remnant low of Lee dissipated. However, the storm's mid-level circulation persisted, developing a new triple-point low along its occluded front , which quickly dominated

8160-470: The victim's counseling as needed. In 2019, this agreement was amended to cover six more years of counseling. However, the victim sued the archdiocese in April 2020, saying that he took this action after discovering that Collery had had other victims. Also in May 2020, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Meredith Grabill suspended all archdiocesan retirement benefits for priests credibly accused of sexually abusing minors. One of

8262-560: The village of Mildred collapsed, causing a large swath of damage along US Route 220 . The eastern part of Lycoming County sustained major flood damage associated with the remnants of Lee. The boroughs of Picture Rocks and Hughesville and village of Glen Mawr had to be evacuated due to flooding on Muncy Creek . A bridge at the eastern end of Pennsylvania Route 973 over Loyalsock Creek collapsed on September 8. The Lycoming Valley Railroad bridge over Loyalsock Creek in Montoursville

8364-584: The wake of that natural disaster. Across eight counties in New York, an early tally estimated initial losses at $ 562.2 million. In the Triple Cities urban core, over 7,000 properties were damaged. Damages in Broome County alone were estimated to be $ 513 million, while in Tioga County , estimated losses were $ 478 million. Two deaths were blamed on the storm. To the east, regions already suffering

8466-553: The warning was extended to the Alabama – Florida border. In addition, a tropical storm watch was in place from the border eastward to Destin, Florida . Mayor Mitch Landrieu declared a state of emergency for all of New Orleans ; officials accordingly ordered the closure of floodgates and the preparation of rescue boats across the city. In Grand Isle , many residents headed out of town after officials issued voluntary evacuations, and boat owners secured their vessels. Additionally,

8568-424: The winds. Based on this increase in strength, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Lee at 18:00 UTC. Lee meandered erratically north-northwestward to northward for the rest of the day, and with a small upper low advecting dry air into the circulation any deep convection over its western semicircle remained scarce during that time. By September 3, the storm sustained a large radius of maximum winds within

8670-459: The winds; throughout southern Mobile, dozens of downed trees caused additional disruptions. Also in the county, one person was killed in a traffic accident related to the storm. In Lillian , Baldwin, extreme winds suspected to be from a tornado ripped through suburban areas. A few homes sustained damaged in part due to uprooted trees, though no injuries were reported. Off the coast of Fort Morgan , one person drowned due to high surf. Additionally,

8772-522: The worst storm to strike the area since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. The city of Lancaster received 7.76 inches (197 mm) of rain, while the boroughs of Elizabethtown and Mount Joy measured 15 inches (380 mm) of rain. The rain swollen Chiques Creek ripped the five-ton Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge , built in 1885, off its foundation and swept the bridge downstream. The National Weather Service reported 7.03 inches (179 mm) of rain in three hours at Ft. Belvoir , 5.47 inches (139 mm) in

8874-579: Was added to the archdiocesan list of credibly accused clergy, nearly two decades after he was first accused of sex abuse. A trove of love letters which Highfill wrote to one of his victims, Scot Brander, in the 1980s also backed allegations that he committed acts of sex abuse. Brander, who Highfill had known since he was ten, later committed suicide; his brother Michael Brander kept the letters and still pursued justice. The archdiocese refused until 2018 to deem sex abuse allegations against Highfill as credible, but then suspended him indefinitely from ministry; his

8976-413: Was admitted to the Catholic League, then District 6-AAAA, in 1970 and stayed for 18 years. Chalmette was an all-boys school through the 1987-88 school year, but played one more year in the league after admitting girls, since the LHSAA reclassifies schools in November of even-numbered years for the following two school terms. Chalmette exited the Catholic League for the 1989-90 school year, then dropped out of

9078-560: Was allowed to continue working until he retired in 2002. In the aftermath of the 2002 sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston , attorneys for the archdiocese, pressured by the scandal, reported Hecker, and a few other priests, to the New Orleans police, but only mentioned one case, and not that he had confessed. Hecker was never charged with a crime, although further accusations were made over time. The Catholic church adopted transparency policies after

9180-549: Was arrested in Georgia on a warrant issued by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's office, charged with four counts of molestation of a juvenile, sexual abuse of a teenage boy, while he was leading a church in Slidell . Wattigny allegedly confessed to the Archdiocese of New Orleans that he had started sexually abusing his victim in 2013. In June 2023 it was revealed by hitherto secret church files—the district attorney refused to say whether

9282-586: Was closed off to all transient vessels. Similar preparations took place in Hancock County , where officials issued voluntary evacuations for low-lying areas. Rainfall totals in Waveland, MS measured 14.75 inches (375 mm). Gulf Islands National Seashore ordered the immediate closure of its portions of the Mississippi–Alabama barrier islands , while its present visitors were instructed to leave. Across

9384-515: Was closed off. Residents who were downstream from the Forest Lake Dam and the Elk Lake Dam were evacuated. The village of Owego was particularly hard-hit, with 95% of the community under water. In the aftermath, several roads were closed, including Interstate 88 , which was blocked by a mudslide, and NY Route 17 . Property damage far exceeded the flood of 2006, despite precautions taken in

9486-428: Was defeated. The new district proposal featured Jesuit, Brother Martin, and Archbishop Rummel combined with the 5A Jefferson Parish Public School athletic district of John Ehret, L.W. Higgins, West Jefferson, Alfred Bonnabel, and Grace King, as well as public school and former Catholic League member Chalmette. There was some debate as to whether the new district could still be called a "Catholic League", but games between

9588-444: Was destroyed by fire several times before the current structure was built between 1789 and 1794 during Spanish rule. During renovations to the cathedral between 1849 and 1851, St. Patrick's Church , the second-oldest parish in the city, served as the pro-cathedral of the archdiocese. The 108 parishes of the archdiocese are divided into 10 deaneries . The Archdiocese of New Orleans has five colleges and over 20 high schools. Many of

9690-810: Was heavily damaged by flooding, rendering it unusable. Heavy rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee raised the creek "higher than anything we've seen in recorded history", according to a county official. Replacing the destroyed PA 87 bridge and repairs to the damaged railroad bridge and Pennsylvania Route 87 were estimated to cost more than $ 25 million. In Dauphin County , damage totaled about $ 150 million. The storm destroyed 294 buildings and damaged another 2,234. In nearby Lebanon County , 2,212 homes sustained damage. Damage in York County reached $ 2.9 million. Between 7 and 15 inches (180 and 380 mm) of rain fell in northwestern Lancaster County ,

9792-485: Was not clear in June 2023, when the documents became public, whether Hecker, aged 91, would be charged. In August 2023, Hecker acknowledged his 1999 confession in an interview conducted jointly by WWL-TV and the British newspaper The Guardian . Hecker had confessed to committing "overtly sexual acts" with at least three underage boys in the late 1960s and 1970s and revealed his close relationships with four others until

9894-465: Was revealed that the Archdiocese's bankruptcy case would drag into 2024. No solid plan for either compensating victims or determining when to end the bankruptcy had been presented by the end of 2023, and the case continued in 2024. A woman named Lisa Friloux came forward to the archdiocese in March 2024 with complaints about sexual misconduct by a priest, Gilbert Enderle. In April, Enderle was "reassigned" to

9996-546: Was shot because it could not be rescued from floodwaters. Another bison drowned before it could be rescued. The heavy rain caused a rockslide in the vicinity of the Conshohocken Curve, flooding near Belmont Avenue and a mudslide by Girard Avenue on the Schuylkill Expressway , a major artery into Philadelphia . In Sullivan County , the village of Sonestown was almost completely destroyed. A dam on Birch Creek in

10098-509: Was suffering from exceptional drought conditions. The largest of these occurred in Bastrop County just east of Austin , consuming roughly 34,000 acres; it forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed 1,554 homes. In Gregg County , another fire burned down a home, which resulted in the deaths of two of its occupants. The spreading fires burned nearly 118,500 acres (480 km ) of land, simultaneously demolishing an estimated 700 residences in

10200-487: Was the 64th name added to the 2018 list of credibly accused clergy. Highfill, who was also accused of committing sexual abuse against two airmen while serving as an Air Force chaplain in the Archdiocese for the Military Services , died of cancer in January 2022 while still undergoing a criminal investigation by the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations . On October 23, 2020, archdiocesan priest Pat Wattigny

10302-428: Was the first subtropical or tropical storm to make landfall in Louisiana since Hurricane Gustav in 2008. Its total damage was estimated to be around $ 2.8 billion. In late August 2011, much of the western Caribbean came under the influence of abundant tropical moisture . Combined with favorable upper diffluence , the moisture allowed for a perpetual area of disturbed weather to form; this, in return, contributed to

10404-455: Was the thirteenth named storm and fifteenth system overall of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season , developing from a broad tropical disturbance over the Gulf on September 2. It was designated as Tropical Storm Lee the next day. Prior to 2020 , when Marco formed on August 22, Lee was tied with 2005's Maria as the earliest-forming 13th Atlantic tropical storm. The system was unusually large, and due to drifting, Lee brought flash flooding to

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