PONCHATOULA, LA. — A Ponchatoula church shut down amid criminal allegations that some of its members engaged in ritualistic abuse of children is being reborn as a home for a new congregation.

PONCHATOULA, La. — From his tire store next door, Donald Moore got an up-close look at the strange changes that went on at the once-bustling Hosanna Church. The congregation had dwindled to a few ...

Is there any monster in this world worse than man? The residents of the small, south Louisiana town of Ponchatoula discovered in 2005 there were monsters committing unspeakable acts to children and ...

AMITE, La - Paul Fontenot, a former member of the Hosanna Church, pleaded no contest Monday in the Tangipahoa Parish Courthouse to sexual battery of a juvenile. Video: Watch the Story Fontenot faced ...

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The pastor at the center of the scandals surrounding the now defunct Hosanna Church in Ponchatoula goes on trial in Amite on Monday. Louis Lamonica, 49, is among the seven ...