Louisiana chapel erases priest’s name after Texas sex-assault conviction

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Anthony Odiong, a Louisiana priest convicted in Texas of first- and second-degree sexual assault against female parishioners, had his name stripped from the Our Lady of Guadalupe chapel he helped build in Luling, while survivor accounts and police records outline a broader pattern of abuse; the archdiocese had previously suspended him, and a sentencing phase was set to follow the four-day trial.
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- Catholic priest found guilty of sexually abusing women under his spiritual care in Texas OSV News
- Jury reaches verdict in Father Odiong sexual assault trial KXXV
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