NEW ORLEANS — A Catholic priest got just five years in prison after pleading guilty in June 2023 to child molestation. Now, his victims are upset to learn he will be considered for parole just two years later.
Patrick Wattigny was convicted on June 12, 2023, of molesting one boy in 2013 and another in 1996.
Tim Gioe, Wattigny’s victim from the 1990s, is asking officials to turn the cleric down at a parole hearing scheduled for the second anniversary of his guilty plea…