CNA Staff, Jun 4, 2020 / 03:06 pm (CNA).- A federal lawsuit alleges that the Archdiocese of New Orleans, as well as two historically black New Orleans universities, improperly applied for and received millions of dollars in federal funds in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The archdiocese has denied wrongdoing and says its staff worked diligently to be good stewards of the federal money received after the disaster.
The hurricane, which hit New Orleans during August 2005, killed at least 1,800 people and devastated much of the city. In the years since Katrina and Rita, which hit the region the month after, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has paid out nearly $20 billion in relief.
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