Trial of US priest charged with sexual assault begins with jury selection in Texas

Anthony Odiong, accused of sexually abusing three female congregants in Waco, faces a maximum of life imprisonmentThe criminal trial of a Roman Catholic priest who ministered in Texas and south-east Louisiana and was charged with illicitly abusing his status as a clergyman to pursue sex with spiritually vulnerable female congregants began on Tuesday with jury selection.Anthony Odiong, 57, faces five charges of first-degree sexual assault and two such counts in the second degree in a state courthouse in Waco, Texas, involving three women whom he met while working there. Continue reading...