The Louisiana State Police served the Archdiocese of New Orleans with a search warrant Thursday to seize records related to the local Roman Catholic church's clergy abuse crisis.

A judge approved the warrant in investigation to determine if church hierarchy illegally covered up systemic child molestation

The Louisiana State Police have undertaken actions to obtain documents from the Archdiocese of New Orleans as part of a broad investigation into clerical sexual abuse cases and the church’s response to these allegations.

An Orleans Parish criminal court judge has ordered the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans to turn over all records related to clergy sex abuse to the Louisiana State Police,

Louisiana State Police executed a search warrant at the Archdiocese of New Orleans headquarters on Thursday (April 25), signaling a widening investigation into long-running allegations of sexual abuse within the church.