{"id":74121,"date":"2026-05-28T13:55:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/priest-on-trial-for-sexual-assault-in-texas-had-child-with-louisiana-congregant-prosecutors-say\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:55:45","slug":"priest-on-trial-for-sexual-assault-in-texas-had-child-with-louisiana-congregant-prosecutors-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/priest-on-trial-for-sexual-assault-in-texas-had-child-with-louisiana-congregant-prosecutors-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Priest on trial for sexual assault in Texas had child with Louisiana congregant, prosecutors say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DNA testing proved Anthony Odiong fathered child with woman to whom he had been providing spiritual guidance, authorities say<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/texas\">Texas<\/a> prosecutors on Thursday established that a Roman Catholic priest being tried there on charges that he illegally exploited his status as a priest to pursue sex with three spiritually vulnerable congregants had a child with a separate congregant in approximately 2023 \u2013 while working outside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-orleans-clergy-abuse\">New Orleans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That explosive development unfolded on the third day of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/27\/anthony-odiong-priest-texas\">Anthony Odiong<\/a>\u2019s trial at a state courthouse in Waco, Texas, where he worked before being transferred to Luling, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/louisiana\">Louisiana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/28\/texas-priest-child-sexual-exploitation-trial\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNA testing proved Anthony Odiong fathered child with woman to whom he had been providing spiritual guidance, authorities say Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Texas prosecutors on Thursday established that a Roman Catholic priest being tried there on charges that he illegally exploited his status as a priest to pursue sex &#8230; <a title=\"Priest on trial for sexual assault in Texas had child with Louisiana congregant, prosecutors say\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/priest-on-trial-for-sexual-assault-in-texas-had-child-with-louisiana-congregant-prosecutors-say\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Priest on trial for sexual assault in Texas had child with Louisiana congregant, prosecutors say\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}