NEW ORLEANS — A new lawsuit filed against the Archdiocese of New Orleans and its top two officials alleges Archbishop Gregory Aymond personally covered up and asks a judge to reject a guarantee on his future retirement benefits as punishment.

The archdiocese responded by saying the allegations brought by the plaintiff, Argent Institutional Trust Co., are baseless.

“The allegations made by Argent in their lawsuit are based on third hand reports and assumptions with no facts to substantiate them,” a church spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

The lawsuit contains the most direct allegations of wrongdoing leveled against Aymond in a court filing to date, and it comes not from any abuse survivor – but instead from attorneys representing investors who purchased $41 million in church b

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