US priest’s sexual assault accusers felt they ‘could not say no’, police say

At least eight people have accused Anthony Odiong of abusing his position for sexual coercion

Two women let Roman Catholic priest Anthony Odiong become close to them because they believed he would provide them with spiritual advice they could use to confront difficult times in their lives.

But rather than simply minister to them, Odiong abused his position to have sexual intercourse with one of the women, police now allege. And he allegedly managed to pressure the other woman into letting her husband sodomize her despite her faith-based objections to that kind of encounter - while also successfully urging her to relay her experience to him.