After his son's abuse, a deacon left the Catholic Church. Now he's excommunicated.

The article focuses on the excommunication of Deacon Scott Peyton, who left the Catholic Church after his son was abused by a priest he once served with. Topics include Peyton's resignation from the diaconate due to disillusionment with the Church's handling of abuse cases, Bishop Douglas Deshotel's decree removing Peyton from ecclesiastical offices and declaring him irregular for the diaconate, and Peyton's subsequent joining of the Anglican Church.