Vatican upholds excommunication of US deacon who resigned after son was molested by priest

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1. Mon, 19 October 2026

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   • The Guardian World09:00first to report
     Vatican upholds excommunication of US deacon who resigned after son was molested by priest

     Scott Peyton joined the Anglicans after the crime against his son. Then the Catholic church officially expelled him The Roman Catholic church has upheld the excommunication of a Louisiana deacon who resigned from the clergy after a priest molested his son. Scott Peyton learned of the decision by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) – the Vatican entity in charge of Catholic clerical discipline – on Friday in a meeting with the bishop of the diocese of Lafayette, J Douglas Deshotel....

2. Tue, 20 October 2026

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   • Times of India10:00
     Vatican upholds excommunication of deacon whose son was abused by priest

     The Vatican has upheld the excommunication of Scott Peyton, a former Catholic deacon from Louisiana who left the Church after a priest admitted sexually abusing his teenage son in 2018. Peyton, who joined another Christian congregation, had appealed against the decision. He has questioned why he was excommunicated while the convicted priest remains in the priesthood despite serving a seven-year prison sentence.