Career
Retired Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb of the Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama clarified at the time of Trosch"s death that he had never officially censured Trosch, but that Trosch had been restricted from acting in a pastoral capacity in August, 1993 and had "no public persona in the Church." However, Monsignor Lipscomb said that Trosch "was not a bad person" and "died in God"s grace". Trosch was a noted supporter of anti-abortion activist Paul Hill who was executed on September 4, 2003 for murdering Doctor John Britton and his bodyguard James Barrett. Despite his immediate defense of Hill, Trosch denied having ever met Hill.
However, it later was revealed that the two had dined and prayed together, and even signed the same document justifying lethal force against abortion providers.
Trosch died on October 12, 2012 in an Alabama Nursing home from an extended illness. Approximately 30 to 40 people attended his funeral.
He maintained a website under the name of a non-profit organization called "Life Enterprises Unlimited" based in Mobile, Alabama until the time of his death, in which he criticized many people whom he characterized as "hell-bound sinners", including the Archbishop who disciplined him.
