Ralph Lawrence

Ordained: 1916

In 1935, Ralph Lawrence was accused of abuse that was alleged to have occurred in the early 1930s and took an indefinite leave of absence from the Dioceses. He was first named publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s list in 2018. Ralph Lawrence was born in 1890, ordained in 1919, and died in 1992. He was assigned to at least churches from 1916 to 1935.

Ralph Lawrence's Assignments

Placement	City/State	Date(s)
Our Lady of Good Harbor	Buras, LA
Mater Dolorosa	New Orleans, LA
Our Lady of Lourdes	Winnfield, LA
Sacred Heart Church	Rayville, LA
St. Anthony of Padua	Baton Rouge, LA

Articles about Ralph Lawrence

BishopAccountability.org - How a priest accused of abuse preyed on the deaf community in Baton Rouge, New Orleans (11/2/2018)
The Advocate - 45 Baton Rouge-area clergy members on diocese's official sex abuse list: See names, more (2/27/2019)