Catholic Priest

Patrick Sanders

Ordained: 1990

Patrick Sanders was placed on leave in 2004 when he was a pastor of Our Lady Perpetual Help in Belle Chasse.  Two men had alleged that Patrick Sanders sexually abused them as 16-year-olds while on a trip to Biloxi, Mississippi in 1993.  The Archdiocese of New Orleans publicly named him in 2018 as being accused of child sexual abuse.

Patrick Sanders's Assignments

PlacementCity/StateDate(s)
Our Lady of Perpetual HelpBelle Chasse, LA
Resurrection of Our LordNew Orleans, LA
St. Angela MericiMetairie, LA
St. Frances Xavier CabriniNew Orleans, LA
St. PeterReserve, LA
St. ThomasPointe-a-la-Hache, LA

Articles about Patrick Sanders

Lawrence Dark
Carl Davidson