Louisiana Deacon Seeks Closure in Church Abuse Case

Louisiana man Scott Peyton resigned as a Roman Catholic deacon after a priest molested his son and was later excommunicated from the church entirely by his local bishop. Peyton is now asking global church leaders to inform him of the fate of his appeal against the prelate's decision, something that was supposed to be resolved more than a year earlier.

In a letter to the Vatican entity in charge of clerical discipline, a canon – or church – law attorney representing Peyton asserts that his case is