I hope the Saints name is cleared but the reality is it won't be. It's awful regardless what is in the emails. Should have steered clear away from it; no help, no sympathy and no empathy.

The Church has been doing this for decades. They knew exactly what they were doing. Just like the Saints playbook they have their own playbook dealing with this perpetual problem. They don't even deal with problem, just bury it and move on.

This just is not good.

No matter if it is CNN, Fox News , or AP running with this story.

I agree with Jay.

Just point blank, no.
N.O. Saints organization of Pr and legal people should not have been involved in this .
Bensons should have used people not employed in their sports franchise.

Next, because of their sports franchisees, they just should have not been involved in this.

Sorry church. I have no advice.

This just is not good.

No matter if it is CNN, Fox News , or AP running with this story.

I agree with Jay.

Just point blank, no.
N.O. Saints organization of Pr and legal people should not have been involved in this .
Bensons should have used people not employed in their sports franchise.

Next, because of their sports franchisees, they just should have not been involved in this.

Sorry church. I have no advice.

Be honest. Pretty simple advice.

I hate to say who's going to come back into the orbit here if Gayle had a lot to do with this. Let's just hope the team stays in NO.

Where are y'all getting the crazy notion that the Saints management in any way condoned what any child molester did? They have had a long standing relationship with the local archdiocese that asked their advice on public relations, along with several other "civic leaders". The people asking for the advice are not the ones accused of any wrong-doing. The Saints said they suggested be open and transparent. From my understanding the church has been completely cooperative with the investigations. Y'all are buying into the ridiculous hype of the Associated Press trying to create a story.

Try educating yourself before jumping to all kinds of false conclusions. This is what I HATE about the so-called media today.

I am not an idealist so there are some very shocking comments in here to say the least. This is a prosecutorial smear campaign and perpetuating it here in these forums only assists in the defamation of an entity that had no hand in the violation of a child.

Cover up = hiding evidence from authorities.
Advice on public affairs has zero to do with any cover up and zero to do with what happened.

The media has really misrepresented this:
- "hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese" Advising and performing the damage control are not the same thing, if the Saints were actively performing this accusation we would see it publicly.

- Attorneys for about two dozen men suing the church say in court filings that the 276 documents they obtained through discovery show that the NFL team, whose owner is devoutly Catholic, aided the Archdiocese of New Orleans in its “pattern and practice of concealing its crimes.” Aiding in covering up a crime and aiding in public relations are no where in the same space and I would counter sue for defamation. Limiting public exposure and fallout is not a crime


Here is the bottom line.. ALL 276 documents are in discovery and available to both the prosecution and defense. Absolutely nothing has been withheld from the DA going after the church. Wanting to publicly release the documents is nothing more than a smear campaign against the New Orleans Saints because someone is angry with the Church. Rightfully angry with the Catholic Church but not righteous in taking it out on a football team.

The public has zero right to evidence considered "False Light". If the Saints Organization committed no crime, they are afforded all privacy laws.

I absolutely can not speak to what it feels like to be a parent of a child that has been violated. I can say this however, I do know what it is like to be a friend to many kids that were violated by a priest and my mother had the good sense to not send her son to a Catholic priests private camp on the weekend. The Church is very complicit in enabling this to continue and they do shuffle offending priests around the nation. The church knew what Gilbert Gauthier was doing for seven years and did nothing but damage control until one parent demanded action and Nathan Stansbury prosecuted. Its not just the church however, a community wanted this to be handled quietly.

If you expect the devoutly religious to turn its back on their church in a time of need you are naive. No matter what has transpired they will rationalize that one bad person doesn't make the whole church bad.

I don't do organized religion or political parties they are the same...