Fr. Ken was born in St. Louis and grew up in Natchitoches. After thirty years in the restaurant industry, where he achieved the position of executive chef at the Upperline Restaurant, he finally took a step he had dreamt of since childhood and entered Notre Dame Seminary to begin priestly formation. He was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of New Orleans on June 4, 2016 and assigned to St. Rita Parish on July 1, 2016.