Texas Jury to Deliberate Sentence for Priest Convicted of Sexual Assault

Texas jury to consider sentence for Catholic priest convicted of sexual assault

Anthony Odiong faces up to life in prison after being found guilty of first- and second-degree sexual assault A Texas jury on Tuesday was expected to begin deliberating the sentence of a Roman Catholic priest who was convicted days earlier of criminal clergy sexual assault. Anthony Odiong, 57, faces between five years and life imprisonment in connection with a first-degree sexual assault charge that he was found guilty of. He was also found guilty of second-degree sexual assault, which can ca...

By Charlie Scudder in Waco, Texas, and Ramon Antonio Vargas in New Orleans