Texas jury deliberates fate of Catholic priest charged with sexual assault after Guardian reporting

Anthony Odiong is charged with exploiting his status as clergyman to pursue sex with female parishioners to whom he was providing spiritual direction A jury of eight women and four men in Texas began deliberating a verdict on Friday afternoon in the trial of a Roman Catholic priest charged with illegally exploiting his status as a clergyman to pursue sex with female parishioners to whom he was providing spiritual direction. Anthony Odiong, 57, has pleaded not guilty to one charge of sexual as...

By Charlie Scudder and Ramon Antonio Vargas in Waco, Texas