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Priest who worked in Texas and Louisiana tentatively set to plead guilty to sexual assault

A priest in front of an altar
Anthony Odiong in November 2023. Photograph: YouTube page of St Anthony of Padua church of Luling, Louisiana

A Roman Catholic priest who served under the command of church officials in Texas’s capital and Louisiana’s most famous city is tentatively scheduled to plead guilty Monday in connection to charges that he allegedly abused his position of clerical authority to pursue sex with spiritually vulnerable women whom he encountered during his work, according to criminal court records online.

However, attorneys on both sides of the case pending against Anthony Odiong – who was understood to be mulling a plea deal in recent weeks – emphasized the tentative nature of the hearing set for Monday morning.

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