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Louisiana church remembers abuse victims after reversal over prayers for convicted priest
St Anthony of Padua asks for prayers for survivors after removing Anthony Odiong’s name from list of intentions A Louisiana Catholic church that solicited prayers for a former pastor recently sentenced to life imprisonment for criminal clerical sexual assault, then backed off having offended his victims, is asking its community to pray for survivors of clergy abuse. The shift took place in an updated 7 June parochial bulletin published by St Anthony of Padua church in the New Orleans suburb of Luling, Louisiana, where priest Anthony Odiong was pastor from 2015 to late 2023. Continue reading...
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St Anthony of Padua asks for prayers for survivors after removing Anthony Odiong’s name from list of intentions A Louisiana Catholic church that solicited prayers for a former pastor recently sentenced to life imprisonment for criminal clerical sexual assault, then backed off having offended his victims, is asking its community to pray for survivors of clergy abuse. The shift took place in an updated 7 June parochial bulletin published by St Anthony of Padua church in the New Orleans suburb of Luling, Louisiana, where priest Anthony Odiong was pastor from 2015 to late 2023. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Louisiana church remembers abuse victims after reversal over prayers for convicted priest, St Anthony of Padua asks for prayers for survivors after removing Anthony Odiong’s name from list of intentions A Louisiana Catholic church that solicited prayers for a former pastor recently sentenced to life imprisonment for criminal clerical sexual assault, then backed off having offended his victims, is asking its community to pray for survivors of clergy abuse. The shift took place in an updated 7 June parochial bulletin published by St Anthony of Padua church in the New Orleans suburb of Luling, Louisiana, where priest Anthony Odiong was pastor from 2015 to late 2023. Continue reading…
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