Catholic Priest

Wesley Michael Landry

Ordained: 1948

Wesley Landry was born in 1923 and ordained in 1948.  Landry was accused of seducing a former altar boy of Incarnate World Church of New Orleans in the 1950s and continuing a sexual relationship with him for the next 45 years, trading $80,000-$100,000 over the years for sex.  In 1993, Landry admitted to the relationship and retired.  The Archdiocese of New Orleans publicly named Landry in 2018 as being accused of child sexual abuse.

Wesley Michael Landry's Assignments

PlacementCity/StateDate(s)
Christ the KingGretna, LA
Incarnate WorldNew Orleans, LA
St. AnthonyGretna, LA
St. CeciliaNew Orleans, LA
St. Gabriel the ArchangelNew Orleans, LA
St. JosephThibodaux, LA
St. Leo the GreatNew Orleans, LA
St. Theresa of the Child JesusNew Orleans, LA

Articles about Wesley Michael Landry

Richard J. Langenstein
Alvin Marie Hagan