The New Orleans Saints played a more extensive role than previously known in local church leaders’ damage control during a crisis brought on by clergy engaged in an alleged systemic campaign of sexual abuse,

New Orleans Saints executives were involved with the Catholic Church as it worked to spin its sex-abuse scandal, emails seem to show. The post New Orleans Saints helped the Catholic Church spin its horrific sex-abuse scandal,

A trove of emails shows the team’s leadership using its influence in New Orleans to aid the archdiocese, including writing talking points for media interviews.