A former vicar general of the St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese who
resigned early in the region’s three-year-plus clergy sexual abuse
scandal, has now left the priesthood altogether.
Peter Laird in January was granted by Pope Francis a “request for laicization,” or dispensation from the obligations of the clerical state, according to a March 10 statement from Twin Cities Archbishop Bernard Hebda. Laird had made the request in January 2014. This May would have marked his 20th anniversary of his ordination.
https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/former-twin-cities-vicar-general-leaves-priesthood
Peter Laird in January was granted by Pope Francis a “request for laicization,” or dispensation from the obligations of the clerical state, according to a March 10 statement from Twin Cities Archbishop Bernard Hebda. Laird had made the request in January 2014. This May would have marked his 20th anniversary of his ordination.
https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/former-twin-cities-vicar-general-leaves-priesthood
