 From 1975 until 1992, Konieczny served as a Police Officer in Garden Grove and Anaheim, CA.He earned an associate of arts degree in administration of justice from Long Beach City College; a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Cal State Fullerton; his Master of Divinity from Church Divinity School of the Pacific; and a Doctor of Ministry from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.He was ordained a Deacon and Priest in 1994.