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New Orleans Saints principal owner Gayle Benson issued a statement amid ongoing reporting from the Associated Press regarding the team's connection to the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
The Associated Press' Jim Mustian reported Jan. 30 the Saints worked with the Archdiocese while it handled a sexual abuse scandal:
"Plaintiffs' attorneys alleged in earlier court papers that Saints executives joined in the archdiocese's 'pattern and practice of concealing its crimes,' and one email from late 2018 referred to Saints Senior Vice President of Communications Greg Bensel joining unnamed 'third parties' in a discussion about 'removing priests from the pedophile list.