New Orleans’ Jesuit high school agrees to pay seven figures to settle child molestation claim

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. Attorneys for Jesuit high school and the religious order did not immediately respond to those same questions. The Guardian learned of the settlement when it contacted the chambers of the judge presiding over the case – Omar Mason – and asked if the 15 June trial date was still on. A Mason staffer said the trial was off after attorneys working on the case reached out to say it had been settled out of court. Furthermore, a letter filed into the case record on Thursday announced the matter had been settled. …