New Orleans attorney fined $400,000 after exposing abusive priest says it was ‘worth it’

Richard Trahant says accusers have been vindicated after Catholic church officially classifies Paul Hart as sex abuser

An attorney who was fined more than $400,000 after getting an abusive Roman Catholic priest removed as a New Orleans high school's chaplain says it was worth it" now that the church has officially classified the cleric as a clergy molester.

That remark from Richard Trahant came days after the archdiocese of New Orleans, having waited years, added Paul Hart on 6 November to a list of Catholic priests and deacons faced with credible claims of clergy abuse while serving in the area.