Father Anthony Odiong, who served in Texas and Louisiana, has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting multiple women, with prosecutors alleging a child was born from the abuse.

A jury in Texas began deliberating a verdict for Catholic priest Anthony Odiong, who is charged with exploiting his clergyman status to pursue sex with female parishioners he was providing spiritual direction to.

The criminal trial of Roman Catholic priest Anthony Odiong has begun with jury selection. Odiong is accused of sexually abusing three female congregants in Waco, Texas, and faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

A Texas jury is set to begin deliberating the sentence for Roman Catholic priest Anthony Odiong, who was recently convicted of first- and second-degree sexual assault. He faces a potential life sentence.

DNA testing proved that Anthony Odiong, a priest on trial in Texas for exploiting congregants for sex, fathered a child with another woman to whom he had been providing spiritual guidance.

A woman who accused Roman Catholic priest Anthony Odiong of pressuring her into sex acts expressed hope that his conviction by a Texas jury will prevent him from victimizing others, stating that church officials had failed to act on her prior reports of abuse.

A Roman Catholic priest, Anthony Odiong, 57, has been charged in Texas with exploiting his status to pursue sexual relations with vulnerable female congregants, reportedly stating 'we are but men' when confronted.