In 2011, he was summoned by Sharia court and served a Fatwa in 2012,[6][7] following which he was given a Quit India Notice from Kashmir's Foreigners Registration Office.

He joined Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill in 1945 and from 1951 to 1953 studied philosophy in Roosendaal.

He was ordained a priest for Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill, in London, United Kingdom on 7 May 1957 by William Cardinal Godfrey.

After ordination he studied Science and Economics at Cambridge University and completed his master's degree in Arts.

He started to serve his mission as a Parish Priest in Jammu and Kashmir, India, in September 1963.

He also helped in drawing current Constitutions and Directives around the time of the 1982 Chapter for the Mill Hill Society.