Former priest to serve 5 years in prison for molesting juveniles

COVINGTON, La. (AP) — A former Catholic priest in Louisiana was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to two state criminal charges of juvenile molestation. New Orleans area news outlets say 55-year-old Patrick Wattigny entered the plea in Covington on Wednesday. He was sentenced after a statement was presented in court from a victim, describing the lifelong harm the molestation caused. Wattigny was a priest in St. Tammany Parish when the juveniles were molested. The victim told the court that in the years following the molestation he contemplated suicide.