Excommunicated Catholic deacon still waiting on overdue appeal outcome after his son was molested by priest

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According to theguardian.com, a Louisiana man who resigned as a Roman Catholic deacon after a priest molested his son and then was excommunicated from the church entirely by his local bishop is 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.