Priest on trial for sexual assault in Texas had child with Louisiana congregant, prosecutors say
by Ramon Antonio Vargas in Waco, Texas from World news | The Guardian on (#75YCJ)
DNA testing proved Anthony Odiong fathered child with woman to whom he had been providing spiritual guidance, authorities say
Texas prosecutors on Thursday established that a Roman Catholic priest being tried there on charges that he illegally exploited his status as a priest to pursue sex with three spiritually vulnerable congregants had a child with a separate congregant in approximately 2023 - while working outside New Orleans.
That explosive development unfolded on the third day of Anthony Odiong's trial at a state courthouse in Waco, Texas, where he worked before being transferred to Luling, Louisiana.
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