NFL emails reveal extent of Saints' damage control for clergy sex abuse crisis

Emails reveal extent of Saints ' damage control for clergy sex abuse crisis.

Hundreds of internal emails obtained by AP shed new light on Saints ' foray into a fraught topic far from the gridiron.

Saints president drafted more than a dozen questions that Archbishop Gregory Aymond should be prepared to answer.

A Saints spokesman briefed his boss on a call with the city's top prosecutor hours before the church released a list of clergymen accused of abuse.

The emails don't specify which clergymen were removed from the list or why.

They raise fresh questions about Saints ' role in scandal that has taken on much larger legal and financial stakes.

The outsized role of Saints executives could draw new attention from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell , who is scheduled to address reporters Monday .

Aymond has flown on the owner’s private jet and celebrated pregame Masses with the Saints .

The Advocate removed a notice from an article that had called for clergy abuse victims to reach out.

It was The Advocate 's reporting that prompted Bensel to help the church, the emails show.