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,

Gayle Benson owns both the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans. She inherited the teams after her husband, Tom Benson, died in 2018. Her tenures have not been filled with success but a recent report puts sports issues far out of the purview.