FILE – In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson, watches the team warm
up, before an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in New Orleans. The Saints contend their
behind-the-scenes public relations work on the area’s Roman Catholic sexual abuse crisis was “minimal,”
but attorneys suing the church allege hundreds of confidential Saints emails show just the opposite, the
team actively helping to shape a list of credibly accused clergy that appears to be an undercount.
Benson, who is close friends with the local archbishop, have disputed as “outrageous” any suggestion
that the team helped cover up crimes.
