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Catholic church had been alerted to Texas priest’s sexual predation for years – but dawdled before acting

Gregory Michael Aymond, then archbishop of New Orleans, speaks during Ash Wednesday services on 17 February 2021. Photograph: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters At St Anthony, Odiong again proved himself to be popular, amassing a following through holding

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

Gregory Aymond, and John Ayah, the bishop of the Uyo, Nigeria, diocese, where Odiong was previously ordained into the Catholic priesthood. A fifth woman came forward in 2019 to Aymond’s archdiocese and alleged that