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Texas jury considers sentence for Catholic priest convicted of sexual assault

case have prompted questions about how Odiong was handled by the Catholic hierarchy, including within New Orleans, whose archdiocese in December agreed to pay $305m to hundreds of survivors of the worldwide church’s decades

Louisiana judge in abuse case belatedly recuses himself after ruling in favor of church on whose finance panel he sits

Catholic church, allowing it to settle abuse claims for far less money than it would otherwise have to. Yet the Louisiana supreme court later upheld the law’s constitutionality, in effect negating Zainey’s ruling

Louisiana church solicits prayers for pastor convicted of sexual assault – but not for his victims

response is sadness, not anger”. Attorney Kristi Schubert, who [represents](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/31/anthony-odiong-accuser-speaks-out) yet another woman who publicly spoke out about Odiong, said she was “profoundly disappointed” the bulletin had not published a corresponding intention

Key takeaways from the Guardian’s inquiry into the church’s handling of a predatory priest

case in which a teenaged boy in 2011 had reported that his mother was having a sexual relationship with Odiong, her priest. The boy later recanted, though Sis determined that Odiong’s evident closeness