Emails obtained by The Associated Press revealed exactly how the Saints helped the New Orleans Archdiocese during a sexual abuse scandal. Here are the details.

A trove of emails shows the team’s leadership using their influence in New Orleans to aid the archdiocese, including writing talking points for media interviews.

As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an unlikely ally: the front office of the city’s NFL franchise. What followed was a months-long,