New Orleans District Attorney, Eddie Jordan, announced that he would not file criminal charges against the Sisters of the Holy Family, which operated the Lafon nursing home in New Orleans, where 19 elderly patients died as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The Sisters of the Holy Family decided it was not safe to evacuate the elderly patients, but evacuated the elderly nuns in the facility and in a home across the street.
The decision followed a recent acquittal by a jury of owners of St. Rita’s Nursing Home in a nearby parish, who were charged with negligent homicide and cruelty for failure to evacuate their facility.
