Judge Kendrick J Guidry recuses from Louisiana abuse case over undisclosed church finance role
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Updated · The Guardian · Apr 25
Judge Kendrick J Guidry recuses from Louisiana abuse case over undisclosed church finance role
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Apr 25
Guidry stepped aside after revealing he served on the finance committee of Immaculate Heart of Mary, the church named in a Lake Charles clergy abuse lawsuit.
His prior ruling favored the church’s challenge to Louisiana’s lookback window law, despite a state supreme court decision upholding its constitutionality and ongoing scrutiny of judicial impartiality in such cases.
The case has been reassigned to Judge Michael Canaday, while similar recusals and controversies involving Catholic-affiliated judges have emerged across Louisiana amid widespread, decades-old clergy abuse scandals.
Is Louisiana's weakened ethics system capable of holding its own judges accountable?
How can abuse victims get a fair trial when judges are financially tied to the church?
With dioceses paying millions, are local parishes facing financial collapse from abuse settlements?
When a judge's conflict of interest 'slips his mind,' is recusal the only consequence?
Why do some judges challenge a law already upheld by the state's Supreme Court?