Louisiana chapel erases priest’s name after Texas sex-assault conviction
TL;DR
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.
- After priest’s conviction for sexual assault, a Louisiana chapel he built removes his name The Guardian
- Texas jury convicts Catholic priest of sexual assault after Guardian reporting The Guardian
- ‘I felt ashamed’: Waco woman who testified she had sex with Father Odiong said he justified it as ‘spiritual and holy’ KWTX
- 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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