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.

When the Saints emails began, Wendy Vitter was the general counsel of the archdiocese of New Orleans. She is also the wife of former US Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and had been nominated to serve as a judge at the city’s federal courthouse by Donald Trump in his first presidency.

Emails show how New Orleans Saints helped manage the fallout from the clergy sex abuse crisis, involving team execs in church PR efforts.

Email records detail the efforts made by Saints team officials to assist New Orleans church leaders handle the fallout from a sexual abuse crisis within the archdiocese.