Trial of US priest charged with sexual assault begins with jury selection in Texas

Anthony Odiong, accused of sexually abusing three female congregants in Waco, faces a maximum of life imprisonment The criminal trial of a Roman Catholic priest who ministered in Texas and south-east Louisiana and was charged with illicitly abusing his status as a clergyman to pursue sex with spiritually vulnerable female congregants began on Tuesday with jury selection. Anthony Odiong, 57, faces five charges of first-degree sexual assault and two such counts in the second degree in a state courthouse in Waco, Texas, involving three women whom he met while working there. Continue reading...

Ramon Antonio Vargas in Waco, Texas · Tue, May 26, 2026, 9:43 AM
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Trial of US priest charged with sexual assault begins with jury selection in Texas

Anthony Odiong, accused of sexually abusing three female congregants in Waco, faces a maximum of life imprisonment

The criminal trial of a Roman Catholic priest who ministered in Texas and south-east Louisiana and was charged with illicitly abusing his status as a clergyman to pursue sex with spiritually vulnerable female congregants began on Tuesday with jury selection.

Anthony Odiong, 57, faces five charges of first-degree sexual assault and two such counts in the second degree in a state courthouse in Waco, Texas, involving three women whom he met while working there.

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