Holy Spirit Parish is losing a senior parochial vicar next week, but will see a deacon who served the parish as a deacon ...

A Louisiana priest was convicted in the sexual abuse of the ex-deacon’s son. What followed was a lawsuit and now the Catholic Church’s highest censure. By Emily Schmall A Catholic priest who ...

A former deacon was excommunicated from the Catholic Church after his son was sexually abused as a minor by a priest—a penalty the deacon says is meant to silence and punish him. Scott Peyton ...

A former Louisiana deacon says his own son was sexually abused by a priest. After the deacon left the church, he said he just learned he was excommunicated.

On June 14, eight men were ordained as Permanent Deacons for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia at the Cathedral Basilica of SS.

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez announces the following appointments effective June 16, 2025, unless otherwise noted: Deacon ...

The Archdiocese of New Orleans announced Monday that a Metairie priest has been removed from ministry after being accused of abuse 20 years before he was ordained as a deacon.

Suspended deacon V.M. Wheeler is focus of ... the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office booked the Rev. Patrick Wattigny — who was ordained a priest in 1994 — with four counts of child ...

FALL RIVER — The Fall River Diocese will welcome a new priest and a new deacon this Saturday, June 13, as Holy Orders are conferred in the context of an 11 a.m. Mass in St. Mary’s Cathedral in ...

St. Landry, La. - Four months after Scott Peyton, a Roman Catholic deacon resigned from his position after a priest he served with sexually abused his son, is now excommunicated by his local diocese.

Ordinations welcome new priest, deacons. Roman Catholic Diocese ceremony takes place at Albany cathedral. By News staff Updated Sep 5, 2020 5:09 p.m.