Gastal, 50, was one of the first, at age 11, to accuse a Catholic priest of sex abuse. He testified in the 1980s that his ...

A Lafayette man who played a crucial role in exposing clerical abuse in the US has died after being beaten in Lake Charles.

A man is facing charges after a 50-year-old succumbed to his injuries after being badly beaten in a parking lot near the Lake ...

Scott Gastal, 50, died Tuesday, nine days after being badly beaten in a parking lot on North Lakeshore Drive. Reese Iles Chaumont, 28, of Lake Charles, is facing a second-degree murder charge in ...

Scott Anthony Gastal, 50, was found in the parking lot of a motel in the 1000 block of N. Lakeshore Drive around 10 p.m. on March 2.

Scott Anthony Gastal, 50, was found in the parking lot of a motel in the 1000 block of N. Lakeshore Drive around 10 p.m. on March 2.

Scott Anthony Gastal, 50, was found in the parking lot of a motel in the 1000 block of N. Lakeshore Drive around 10 p.m. on March 2. Gastal appeared to have head injuries, and he was taken to a ...

Scott Anthony Gastal, 50, was found in the parking lot of a motel in the 1000 block of N. Lakeshore Drive around 10 p.m. on March 2. Gastal appeared to have head injuries, and he was taken to a ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The victim of a deadly beating outside a Lake Charles motel was a clergy abuse survivor whose ...