Ex-priest sentenced to 25 years for drugging and molesting men he met in New Orleans tourist area

[discocrisco01]

Source: The Associated Press

A former Catholic priest in Louisiana has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to drugging and molesting 17 men he met in a popular tourist area in New Orleans, a prosecutor said.

WVUE-TV reported that Stephen Sauer, 61, targeted people in the city’s French Quarter who appeared drunk, lost or in need of help, according to Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul D. Connick Jr.

The crimes occurred from 2019 to 2021, and many of the victims were visiting from out of state, Connick said.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-former-priest-sex-crime-sentence-62246529ca28a6b27289f34089638a71

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Chalk another one up for religion

[Sky Jewels]

2. Aah, the Catholic Church.

Home of some of the most successful and prolific rapists and pedos and grifters on the planet.

[a kennedy]

5. and it just makes me sick........🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

[No Vested Interest]

3. Is the DA related to Harry Connick Jr., also from New Orleans?

IIRCC, HArry's father was a former Mayor of New Orleans...

[rampartc]

11. connick sr was our da

never mayor.

[SunSeeker]

6. You never hear about a drag queen doing shit like this. nt

[Karadeniz]

7. Judge a tree by its fruit... the Catholic tree is rotten.

[mwb970]

8. Religion turns people into monsters.

[kimbutgar]

9. A lot of these priests are sexually repressed and quit a few are fighting their homosexual

Desires. I knew two guys that I went to school with and they became priests. They only lasted about 5 years and each one now has gay husbands. one guy told me he knew he was gay in grade school but homosexuality was against the Catholic Church so he hid his feelings.

It’s not natural being celibate unless one is asexual by choice.

[Kennah]

10. Wonder if he'll go with a Mardi Gras defense