The Couvent School complex was once deemed the center of African-American education in Louisiana.
The Archdiocese of New Orleans plans to sell a historic Black Catholic School as it intends to file bankruptcy to pay for its clergy sex abuse settlements.
However, a will created by its Black Catholic owner, Marie Couvent, may prevent the sale. Despite this, the 178-year-old property was listed at a court history for the archdiocese’s ongoing bankruptcy petition…