New Orleans sex abuse survivors voice anger over Saints emails [Video]

Anger and frustration continue to explode one day after new emails appear to show how the New Orleans Saints helped with damage control in the clergy sex abuse crisis. WDSU Investigates went through 700 pages of records we uncovered. “It seems Archbishop Aymond has lost a lot of trust,” said James Adams, a former chair of a committee of abuse survivors in the church’s bankruptcy case.Adams says it is his understanding that the emails were not under seal and not confidential.WDSU went through the emails that date back to July 2018. According to the emails, Greg Bensel with the New Orleans Saints emailed Gayle Benson about a news article involving George Brignac, a deacon who was set to face trial for child rape charges. “The issues that the Archbishop has to deal with that never involve him,” Bensel writes. An email signed by Benson reads, “Archbishop is very upset, he …