Hundreds of internal emails show executives of the New Orleans Saints were far more involved than previously known in providing public relations help to Catholic church leaders as they confronted a clergy sex abuse crisis.

Emails obtained by New York Times and Associated Press reveal extent of Saints' aid in Catholic church's response to sex-abuse scandal from 2018-2019.

New reporting from multiple major news outlets has uncovered hundreds of emails documenting the New Orleans Saints' involvement in an ongoing clergy abuse crisis within the Catholic archdiocese -- a s