Priest who worked in Texas and Louisiana tentatively set to plead guilty to sex assault

Anthony Odiong will appear Monday in court over charges he abused his position to pursue sex with congregants

A Roman Catholic priest who served under the command of church officials in Texas’s capital and Louisiana’s most famous city is tentatively scheduled to plead guilty on Monday to charges that he abused his position of clerical authority to pursue sex with spiritually vulnerable women whom he encountered during his work, according to criminal court records online.

But attorneys on both sides of the case pending against Anthony Odiong – who was understood to be mulling a plea deal in recent weeks – emphasized the tentative nature of the hearing set for Monday.