Um relatóro de um médico súbito diz que Lawrence Hecker, o 💯 ex-padre de Nova Orleans que enfrenta acusações de estupro de um adolescente depois de estrangulá-lo até ficar inconsciente 1975, 💯 tem demência. No entanto, o relatóro não menciona nada sobre a aptidão de Hecker para comparecer julgamento.
Na sextuplicação de 💯 ouvindo e sem uma determinação definitiva sobre a aptidão de Hecker para comparecer julgamento, o juiz Benedict Willard marcou 💯 o julgamento de Hecker por acusações de estupro e sequestro para o dia 24 de setembro.
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O relatóro da 💯 psiquiatra da corte, Sarah Deland, é Traz mais peso para a comissão de sanidade, e tanto os promotores quanto os 💯 advogados de defesa de Hecker passaram a manhã esperando que Deland terminasse seu trabalho. Depois que o julgamento foi adiado, 💯 Deland compareceu ao tribunal de Willard e disse ao juiz: "Na próxima vez você será o primeiro."
Jason Williams, o promotor 💯 de justiça do condado de Orleans, disse que leu o relatóro de Deland e acredita que isso significa que Hecker 💯 é apto. Ele disse que o novo diagnóstico de demência de Russo é irrelevante para o que é conhecido como 💯 o critério Bennett para determinar se um réu entende as acusações contra ele e pode auxiliar na própria defesa.
Williams disse 💯 que deseja processar o caso setembro. No entanto, sem uma determinação final sobre a aptidão de Hecker para auxiliar 💯 na própria defesa, Willard disse: "Se ele for apto, teremos julgamento no dia 24 de setemão."
Se não, essa data de 💯 julgamento pode ser convertida outra atualização sobre o status de Hecker.
"Este é o mais perto que obtivemos para criar 💯 responsabilidade quando eu vou faz*tarefa do meu melhor para garantir que nós podemos", disse Williams.
Williams culp whel defense for causing 💯 delays in the case, but Hecker's attorneys, Eugene Redmann and Matthew McLaren, said they haven't stood in the way of 💯 a final ruling and a trial. They said they want a decision on their client's competency as soon as possible, 💯 so he won't have to remain in custody and under armed guard at a long-term care facility.
Meanwhile, Williams has been 💯 hailed by survivors of child sexual abuse for pursuing the case against Hecker and fighting to get the church's secret 💯 files on the former priest. WWL Louisiana and the Guardian recently told the story of Greg Livaudais, who also accused 💯 Hecker of kidnapping and sexually abusing him during a trip to a scouting retreat in 1974, but could not get 💯 DAs in other parishes to press charges.
It is too late under Louisiana law to file child molestation charges from the 💯 1980s and earlier, but there is no statute of limitations on aggravated rape or kidnapping. In Livaudais's case, he claimed 💯 Hecker held him against his will in West Feliciana and East Baton Rouge parishes, but the DAs there did not 💯 file kidnapping charges.
Aaron Hebert, who filed a civil lawsuit alleging Hecker fondled his genitals when he was a child in 💯 1968, came to court on Thursday and shook Williams's hand as the DA left the courthouse.
"I thanked him for at 💯 least taking this case on, because no other DA would take this case on in the parishes that Hecker represented 💯 with the archdiocese," Hebert said.
In his August 2024 interview with WWL and the Guardian, Hecker spoke at length about why 💯 he thought he was free to do what he had done because of the "sexual revolution" and acknowledged that he 💯 now knew it was wrong and was "truly repentant". Williams has repeatedly said Hecker's interview was proof that he was 💯 competent to stand trial.
In that same interview, Hecker quickly and emphatically denied ever having "unwilling" sex with anyone. Confronted with 💯 his written statement from 1999, he said he remembered the boys with whom he admitted engaging in "overtly sexual acts".
Hecker 💯 was indicted and arrested in September, just two weeks after that interview. He walked unassisted to a vehicle that took 💯 him to jail. But in mid-January, he was rushed to intensive care, and in court hearings since then his defense 💯 attorneys said he had experienced mental decline, disorientation and a number of physical ailments. He was later transferred to a 💯 long-term care facility while held in custody in lieu of the R$800,000 bail.