NFL Emails Expose Saints’ Role in Managing Clergy Abuse Crisis.

Internal emails have revealed the extensive involvement of the New Orleans Saints in managing the public fallout from the Catholic Church’s clergy sexual abuse crisis. As the archdiocese prepared to release a list of priests accused of abuse, church leaders enlisted an unlikely ally: the Saints’ front office.

The crisis-communications strategy was orchestrated over several months by top officials, including Saints president Dennis Lauscha. Hundreds of internal emails, obtained by The Associated Press, show the team’s involvement was more extensive than previously known, with the Saints stepping in to help manage the scandal’s media fallout. This effort, largely driven by the team’s devout Catholic owner, also highlighted his close ties with the embattled Archbishop of New Orleans, Gregory Aymond.

Key moments from the emails include:

New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson

These revelations have shed new light on how the Saints became deeply entangled in one of the most controversial scandals in the history of the Catholic Church in America.

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