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	Accused priest seeks defrocking
		A Northern Kentucky priest under suspension for allegedly abusing a minor in the early 1970s has asked to be defrocked, Diocese of Covington officials said Tuesday.
		The priest, who cannot perform any ministry or even refer to himself as a priest under his suspension, had agreed to undergo voluntary “laicization” — the formal term for being defrocked — in his separate settlement with Mr.
		Father Holtz did not return phone calls seeking comment, but earlier had said that he was told by diocesan officials that they were taking care of the laicization.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2002/07/10/loc_accused_priest_seeks.html (395 words)

	defrocking - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		defrocking : Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=defrocking (85 words)

	Defrocking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To defrock or laicize a priest is to deprive him of the right to exercise the functions of the priestly office.
		The anathema, the permanent act of excommunication, against a member of the church or a former cleric is usually imposed by the decision of the synod of bishops or the ecclesiastical council.
		In such cases, this does not only defrocks the former cleric but also banishes him from entering an Orthodox church, receiving the Eucharist and other sacraments or being blessed by a priest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Defrocking (460 words)

	Pope defrocks Tucson priests \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		Pope John Paul II has defrocked two priests suspended by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson because of sexual-misconduct allegations, and the diocese is seeking the same punishment for two other priests, it announced Thursday.
		An adjunct law professor at the University of Arizona said the decision to defrock may not even be admissible in civil cases.
		The decision to defrock might not be admissible in the upcoming civil suits, said Ted Schmidt, an adjunct professor at the UA law school and a civil-trial lawyer.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/33126 (2144 words)

	Lesbian minister will challenge defrocking - U.S. News - MSNBC.com
		A Methodist minister who was defrocked for declaring that she’s a lesbian living with her partner is taking her case to a church appeals court.
		In a subsequent penalty phase, jurors voted to defrock her by 7-6.
		The Rev. Rose Mary Denman of New Hampshire was defrocked in 1987 and the Rev. Karen Dammann of Washington state was acquitted last March.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6757316 (548 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Shamed priest who made cousin pregnant faces defrocking
		Shamed priest who made cousin pregnant faces defrocking
		A PRIEST who made his first cousin pregnant during the course of an affair has been told he is unlikely ever to be allowed to return to his parish.
		He said Father MacNeil could be defrocked by Bishop Ian Murray, the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles - a process known as laicisation - or could ask to be removed from the priesthood.
	news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=108772006 (1119 words)

	Web updates 2004
		-- The GOA and the Defrocking of Fr.
		The suspension was kept quiet, the Spiritual Court session was not revealed, and now the decision to defrock is covered-up.
		He also wrote that we in America have learned the necessity of having “…authentic relationships with God and with others.” I respectfully submit that the handling of the Barrow case by the GOA does not represent an authentic relationship with God and others.
	www.pokrov.org /Editorials/cromidasjuly52005.html (1258 words)

	Priests in Abuse Cases Avoid Defrocking Vatican's Concerns Lie with Victims -- and Clergymen -- Says Church Spokesman
		But the Vatican stopped short of defrocking any of the men, leading some to wonder where the concerns of the church lie -- with victims, or with priests.
		If Rome had defrocked McGreal, he would no longer be eligible for that supervision.
		"It seems to me that some priests are defrocked, others are barred from the ministry and I'm not sure why there isn't a consistency," Pfau said.
	www.bishop-accountability.org /news2004_07_12/2004_08_24_Rowe_PriestsIn.htm (619 words)

	MassLive News - Disgraced priest faces defrocking
		Meanwhile, two new sexual abuse complaints against other priests in the Springfield Roman Catholic Diocese are being investigated by a Misconduct Commission, according to the Most Rev. Thomas L. Dupre, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield,.
		A new church rule this year also requires all new child sexual abuse cases by priests to be reported to the Vatican's Holy See, which will advise dioceses on how to proceed with cases.
		Dupre said Catholic bishops have been reluctant to use the "defrocking" or laicization process against "notorious and serial" child sexual abusers because the process is so cumbersome.
	www.masslive.com /news/parchives/ae56cath.html (1028 words)

	Opinion: Bishops' critical step
		It is regrettable the bishops failed to go further by defrocking these priests and disciplining bishops who chose for years to look the other way.
		It would have been a disastrous result had the bishops tried to put a number on the times it was acceptable for a priest to molest a child.
		The final compromise calls for the removal of any priest who has ever abused minors from the active ministry, but to avoid the more complicated and divisive issue of whether these priests should be defrocked.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/06/18/news_pf/Opinion/Bishops__critical_ste.shtml (702 words)

	NEPA News - Lesbian Methodist minister challenging her defrocking (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Stroud says she's tried to balance the negative with what she believes to be true: that God made her a lesbian; that God called her to the ministry; and that to deny either fact would be to betray God.
		Stroud explains her decision to come out, even though she knew she'd be defrocked, like this: "If I believe that God created me this way and God called me into the ministry knowing I was a lesbian, then I had no choice but to publicly embrace myself the way I am."
		The Rev. Rose Mary Denman of New Hampshire was defrocked in 1987.
	www.nepanews.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14432907 (723 words)

	Why bishops stopped short of 'defrocking' clergy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But "defrocking" a priest -- forcing him into laicization -- is not a simple or quick process, said Msgr.
		Green added that the term "defrock" is no longer used in canon law.
		It once referred to the final step in dismissing a priest from the clerical state, a step in which the priest had literally to stop wearing clerical garb: He was de-frocked.
	www.evangelist.org /archive/htm3/0711defr.htm (698 words)

	Methodist minister decides to challenge her defrocking for lesbian relationship \| ajc.com
		A Methodist minister who was defrocked for declaring that she's a lesbian living with her partner is taking her case to a church appeals court.
		The Rev. Irene Elizabeth Stroud, of Philadelphia, was ousted Dec. 2 for violating the United Methodist Church's law against "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" in the clergy.
		Stroud is one of three homosexual clergy members tried since the Methodist General Conference passed its gay ban in 1984.
	www.ajc.com /news/content/news/stories/1204/27methodistsgays.html (456 words)

	Defrocking of priest requested
		We can look after them once they are defrocked and come out of prison as we should anyone who calls upon us for help.
		However, for them to have the power and respect which comes with being a priest after abusing a child is a sin against God; who tells us through our teachings in the church very clearly what should happen to such people, whether they be members of the laity or clergy.
		Maybe defrocking would then give a message to the wider world that the Catholic Church does mean that it wants to protect our children and the vulnerable.
	www.topix.net /forum/city/syracuse-ny/T0KV1UDQS5707QQMV (446 words)

	Lesbian Pastor's Conviction & Defrocking by United Methodist Church, Upheld by UMC Court (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Disciplinary news from the Methodist case on the ex-Rev Shroud, a self-avowed, practicing lesbian who defied the denominational rules.
		First, she was convicted and defrocked by her annual conference.
		She appealed to the regional (Jurisdictional) committee and they overturned the conviction (and defrocking) on a process technicality.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-religion/1512660/posts (2311 words)

	Gay Spirituality & Culture: Defrocking of Beth Stroud (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Beth Stroud was officially defrocked today by the highest judicial council in the Methodist Church.
		In the Judicial Council's Decision, the rationale for their decision to defrock Stroud was primarily in agreeing that she had not been deprived of due process.
		At least at the district level, a majority of Methodists dismiss the argument distinguishing between homosexual orientation and practice, implicitly accepting same-sex relationships as a legitimate expression of human sexuality.
	gayspirituality.typepad.com /blog/2005/10/defrocking_of_b.html (1816 words)

	Alleged victim supports defrocking of Massachusetts bishop
		SPRINGFIELD - One of Bishop Thomas L. Dupre's two alleged sexual abuse victims is supporting a call for the Vatican to defrock Dupre, to announce the results of its investigation of Dupre and to reveal the bishop's whereabouts.
		David Clohessy, executive director of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, said his organization's main concern is that children be protected from someone accused of sexual molestation.
		Dupre is the only U.S. bishop who has been indicted on abuse charges during the current Catholic clergy abuse scandal.
	www.snapnetwork.org /news/massachusetts/victim_supports_defrocking.htm (577 words)

	OpinionEditorials.com — The Defrocking of the Culture - Kuligowski
		OpinionEditorials.com — The Defrocking of the Culture - Kuligowski
		Shroud had been defrocked after announcing her lifestyle of homosexual practice.
		If Stroud had disclosed to the church that she was engaged in a battle against sin; that she needed help in her fight to overcome; that she hated and despised the sin, but was trapped, then my words above would not be so seemingly insensitive.
	www.opinioneditorials.com /guestcontributors/mkuligowski_20050513.html (830 words)

	RC Sproul Jr defrocking public documents
		On January 26, 2006 RC Sproul Jr, Laurence Windham, Wayne Hays, and Jay Barfield were deposed from their office of Elders by the Westminster Presbytery of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Assembly by Declaratory Judgement.
		A major factor in the defrocking of RC Sproul Jr is that he did knowingly abscond with and use for banking and merchant credit card purposes the Tax Identification Number (EIN) of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church:
		However, should RC Sproul Jr or any of his defrocked Elders attempt to seek reordination in any other denomination (as now already appears to be the case), any such denomination would be wise to contact Dr. Talbot, Moderator of Westminster Presbytery, RPCGA and request to review the case file.
	hushmoney.org /RC_Sproul_Jr-defrocking-docs.htm (763 words)

	Priests in abuse cases avoid defrocking
		But the Vatican stopped short of defrocking any of the men, leading some to wonder where the concerns of the church lie -- with victims, or with priests.
		If Rome had defrocked McGreal, he would no longer be eligible for that supervision.
		"It seems to me that some priests are defrocked, others are barred from the ministry and I'm not sure why there isn't a consistency," Pfau said.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/187625_priest24.html (847 words)

	Now showing, live: Defrocking the President!
		WASHINGTON, Sept 21: Not since the first laws were codified in the time of Hammurabi could there have been such an extraordinary legal or political spectacle.
		Americans -- and people across much of the world -- are riveted to an unprecedented event: A public and humiliating defrocking of the most powerful man in the world about an affair he had with a young girl.
		As President Clinton's secret Grand Jury testimony is being aired on television across the world, a hush has descended on the United States as people digest the import of this landmark event.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980922/26550784.html (624 words)

	Bishops propose plan for priests / Defrocking required for any future abuse
		Priests who sexually abuse children or teenagers in future molestations will be defrocked, as will those guilty of multiple abuses in the past, if the nation's Roman Catholic bishops approve a new national policy when they meet in Dallas next week.
		The proposed policy, obtained last night by The Chronicle, will be announced today at a news conference in Washington by Archbishop Harry Flynn of St. Paul-Minneapolis, the chairman of the prelates' committee on sexual abuse.
		-- -- Defrock priests who sexually abuse one or more minors in the future, and defrock any priest who has abused more than one minor in the past.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/06/04/MN230955.DTL (653 words)

	13 Year Old Boy Sentenced In Priest Defrocking Scandal: The OnlineNewspaper Gazette/ONG/Craptaculus.com
		A local boy who has come to symbolize the scandal surrounding the recent round of priest defrockings was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
		After the announcement of the 20 year prison term, Hamlin commented that Martin had "hid behind his age" and had used his boyish good looks to cause former priest John Geogan to be defrocked.
		Since the trial began, at least 26 other former priests have come forward claiming Martin had also caused them to be defrocked.
	craptaculus.com /News/investigative/Defrocking_Scandal.shtml (349 words)

	Church defrocks lesbian
		A lesbian pastor was found guilty and defrocked Thursday when a jury of United Methodist clergy ruled she had violated church law barring actively gay clergy.
		The 13-member jury voted 7-to-6 to defrock the Rev. Irene Elizabeth “Beth” Stroud, associate pastor of Philadelphia’s First United Methodist Church of Germantown, despite the support of her congregation and her senior pastor, the Rev. Alfred Day III.
		The last time the 8.3 million-member denomination convicted an openly gay pastor was in 1987 when a New Hampshire church court defrocked the Rev. Rose Mary Denman.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /9592/church-defrocks-lesbian (896 words)

	Letter from 75 United Methodist Church lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender clergy to their leaders notes defrocking fears ...
		Letter from 75 United Methodist Church lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender clergy to their leaders notes defrocking fears yet a continued commitment to service
		Letter from 75 United Methodist Church lesbian / gay / bisexual / transgender clergy to their leaders notes defrocking fears yet a continued commitment to service
		We implore you to do all in your power to support LGBT people and their families so that we may live our lives as ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ with integrity and without fear.
	www.lcna.org /lcna_news/2006-04-21.shtm (1253 words)

	Church meets on possible defrocking of minister (phillyBurbs.com) \| New Jersey News
		Kansfield performed his daughter's wedding ceremony last June in Massachusetts, shortly after it became the first state to allow same-sex marriage.
		On Friday, leaders at the church's annual gathering met to decide if Kansfield would be punished, and perhaps defrocked, for his actions.
		A decision was expected Friday night from about 240 church delegates in a process the church hasn't seen in decades.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/104-06172005-504145.html (727 words)

	PlanetOut News: Gay ministers come out, risk defrocking
		Outing themselves with this letter, the ministers risk being defrocked, as happened to the Rev. Irene "Beth" Stroud less than a year ago.
		The United Methodist Church took away her right to be a minister when it ruled in October that she had violated the denomination's ban on "self-avowed, practicing homosexual" clergy.
		Stroud, as an associate pastor at a church in Philadelphia, came out in 2003 because, she said, the closet held her back from her faith and she didn't like telling partial truths about herself.
	www.planetout.com /news/article-print.html?2006/04/19/2 (474 words)

	Christianity.ca
		The controversy is heating up primarily because the sheer complexity of life forms makes Darwinism increasingly difficult for some scientists to believe.
		Barr defrocks the Devil's Chaplain without breaking a sweat.
		Increasingly, Darwinists are having to defend their ideas on their merits rather than simply persecute dissenters.
	www.christianity.ca /faith/weblog/2004/8.24.html (1077 words)

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