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,

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.

Emails obtained by New York Times and Associated Press reveal extent of Saints' aid in Catholic church's response to sex-abuse scandal from 2018-2019.