Ex-Priest Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Preying on Men in New Orleans
Stephen Sauer, a 61-year-old former Catholic priest, pleaded guilty to drugging and sexually assaulting over a dozen men. Former Catholic priest Stephen Sauer, 61, of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for preying on 17 men who were intoxicated or needed help, drugging and photographing them. He pleaded guilty to 13 counts of sexual battery, nine counts of third-degree rape, 17 counts of video voyeurism and 16 misdemeanor charges of drug possession. The judge also ordered Mr. Sauer to register as a sex offender and barred him from contacting 12 of the victims for life. He preyed on scores of men in various states of distress and vulnerability in the French Quarter of New Orleans, a neighborhood frequented by tourists and known for its nightlife.
Published : 2 years ago by Chang Che in World
A former Catholic priest in Louisiana who preyed on 17 men who were intoxicated or needed help, drugging and photographing them — and sexually assaulting at least a dozen of them — was sentenced on Friday to 25 years in prison .
Judge Shayna Beevers Morvant of the 24th Judicial District Court handed down the sentence to the former priest, Stephen Sauer, 61, after he pleaded guilty on Friday to 13 counts of sexual battery, nine counts of third-degree rape, 17 counts of video voyeurism and 16 misdemeanor charges of drug possession, according to a news release from the district attorney for Jefferson Parish, which is in southeastern Louisiana and part of the greater New Orleans area. The judge also ordered Mr. Sauer to register as a sex offender and barred him from contacting 12 of the victims for life.
Over a period of two years beginning in the fall of 2019, prosecutors said, Mr. Sauer preyed on scores of men in various states of distress and vulnerability in the French Quarter of New Orleans, a neighborhood frequented by tourists and known for its nightlife, In some cases, he would drug their drinks or give them “sleep-inducing substances,” prosecutors said.
Pretending to offer them assistance, he would bring them back to his home in Metairie, La., the largest city in Jefferson Parish, prosecutors said. He then photographed or videotaped them and sexually assaulted some of them, according to prosecutors. Mr. Sauer would often share photos of the victims online and in email correspondences with others, the district attorney’s office added.
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