Nigeria, June 7 -- A Nigerian-born Catholic priest, Anthony Odiong, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Texas, United States, for sexually assaulting women under his spiritual care.

Mr Odiong, a naturalised US citizen, was earlier convicted by a jury on 29 May in Texas after he was found guilty on one count of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of second-degree sexual assault after a trial in Waco, Texas.

The jailed cleric was originally from Akwa Ibom State, South-south Nigeria, where he was ordained in 1993 and later served in Catholic parishes in Texas and Louisiana, two neighbouring states in the US.

Mr Odiong was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday after some witnesses testified against him, the Guardian UK re...