One of the most prominent Catholic high schools in New Orleans has agreed to pay a seven-figure monetary sum to settle a lawsuit claiming child molestation by janitors at the institution decades earlier.
The plaintiff struck the agreement with Jesuit high school ahead of a trial scheduled to start in the Louisiana city’s civil district courthouse on 15 June, roughly six years after he sued under a pseudonym.
The plaintiff’s attorney, Richard Trahant, said on Friday that he couldn’t discuss the specific amount associated with the settlement. Yet he would not issue a denial when asked if the settlement was worth seven figures – or if it was higher than a notable $2.4m verdict awarded to an unrelated Louisiana religious sexual abuse claimant in the summer of 2025…