She entered the order on December 6, 1944. On December 7, 1945, he took his simple vows, and on February 18, 1950, his perpetual vows; he was then ordained a priest by Bishop Bertalan Badalik, OP, of Veszprém, on June 16 of that same year at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (Dominican) in Budapest. He was arrested in 1950 and remained in prison until October 1953. He arrived in the United States in December 1956. On June 12, 1960, he left the monastery in Dallas. He was first incardinated ad experimentum, then on September 16, 1963, into the Diocese of Rockville Centre. In June 1969, he left the priesthood, and in December, he entered into a civil marriage; his wife was Edith.