[1][3] While serving in the military, though a Protestant, he enjoyed listening to The Catholic Hour, a popular weekly radio program hosted by Bishop Fulton Sheen, which gave him an interest in Catholicism and that influenced his whole life.

[1][3] He was later promoted to staff sergeant while serving at Williams Air Force Base, a jet pilot training facility in Maricopa, Arizona.

[1] While pursuing his profession, he attended masses regularly and joined the choir at St. Dominic's Catholic Church, where he began discerning priesthood.

[1][3][4] He made several attempts to join religious communities, but due to discrimination, he was either told to become a lay brother or denied entry.

[1][3] He devoted his last years gardening, celebrating masses and hearing confessions until the point where he found it difficult to climb stairs and a fall left him bedridden and in a wheelchair.

[2][4] On late July 2023, Salisbury became very ill and was sent to the hospital on August 9, being entered to hospice care for the final weeks of his life.