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Jury reaches verdict in Father Odiong sexual assault trial

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WACO, Texas (KXXV) — A jury has returned with a verdict of guilt on all counts in the 19th District Court trial for a former Waco priest accused of sexual assault.

Following an indictment in 2024, Anthony Odiong faced three counts of second-degree felony sexual assault.

Prosecutors have said evidence proves he fathered a child with one of his accusers.

Odiong served as a Catholic priest at St. Peters Catholic Student Center in Waco, and St. Mary's of the Assumption in West from 2007 to 2012.