Mental competency hearing delayed for US priest charged with raping teen
by David Hammer of WWL Louisiana and Ramon Antonio Va from US news | The Guardian on (#6M64S)
Lawrence Hecker is charged with raping teenager after strangling him in 1975 in a New Orleans church
A mental competency hearing has been delayed again for a 92-year-old retired Catholic priest faced with charges of raping a teenager after strangling him unconscious in 1975 in a New Orleans church.
Lawrence Hecker's trial on state charges of aggravated rape, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated crime against nature and theft has been delayed several times since January.
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