Ex-Priest Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Preying on Men in New Orleans
A former Catholic priest in Louisiana who preyed on 17 males who have been intoxicated or wanted assist, drugging and photographing them — and sexually Former Catholic priest Stephen Sauer, 61, was sentenced to 25 years in jail on Friday for assisting, drugging and photographing 17 males in the French Quarter of New Orleans and sexually assaulting at the least a dozen of them. He pleaded guilty to 13 counts of sexual battery, 9 counts of third-degree rape, 17 counts of video voyeurism and 16 misdemeanor expenses of drug possession. He was also ordered to register as a intercourse offender and barred from contacting 12 of the victims for all times. Prosecutors stated that Mr. Sauer preyed on scores of males in numerous states of misery and vulnerability within the area, and would typically share images of them on-line and in electronic mail correspondences with others.
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A former Catholic priest in Louisiana who preyed on 17 males who have been intoxicated or wanted assist, drugging and photographing them — and sexually assaulting at the least a dozen of them — was sentenced on Friday to 25 years in jail .
Judge Shayna Beevers Morvant of the twenty fourth Judicial District Court handed down the sentence to the previous priest, Stephen Sauer, 61, after he pleaded responsible on Friday to 13 counts of sexual battery, 9 counts of third-degree rape, 17 counts of video voyeurism and 16 misdemeanor expenses of drug possession, in accordance with a news launch from the district lawyer for Jefferson Parish, which is in southeastern Louisiana and a part of the larger New Orleans space. The choose additionally ordered Mr. Sauer to register as a intercourse offender and barred him from contacting 12 of the victims for all times.
Over a interval of two years starting within the fall of 2019, prosecutors stated, Mr. Sauer preyed on scores of males in numerous states of misery and vulnerability within the French Quarter of New Orleans, a neighborhood frequented by vacationers and recognized for its nightlife, In some circumstances, he would drug their drinks or give them “sleep-inducing substances,” prosecutors stated.
Pretending to supply them help, he would convey them again to his house in Metairie, La., the most important metropolis in Jefferson Parish, prosecutors stated. He then photographed or videotaped them and sexually assaulted a few of them, in accordance with prosecutors. Mr. Sauer would typically share images of the victims on-line and in electronic mail correspondences with others, the district lawyer’s workplace added.
Temi: Louisiana, Crime, New Orleans