“The parish president made the decision that he wouldn't risk the lives of the pump station operators, and we evacuated those people to the shelter closest to us, ... You want to know who's responsible for the flooding? Katrina's responsible.”
William Maestri
“I was actually hugged by the president of the parish, who is similar to the mayor, when we arrived, ... We were the first relief effort that made their way there.”
Tim Armstrong
“I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest.”
Martin Scorsese
“A real parish is a wondrously beautiful web of human relationship which is given meaning by the man who is Himself the meaning of life.”
C. Kilmer Myers
“There's certainly enough to carry out an investigation (from) outside of St. Bernard Parish,”
Julie Morris
“It was such an odd situation to have not one, not two, but three -- and all from Avoyelles Parish.”
Stacy Langley
“The archdiocesan review board advised the archdiocese to remove Father McCormack from his parish, and the archdiocese refused to follow the advice.”
Bryan Samuels