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	Defrocking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Roman Catholicism, a laicized priest is forbidden to exercise his priestly functions, but an indelible priestly character is held to remain on his soul.
		Laicization as an ecclesiastical punishment may carry with it the excommunication of the former cleric from the church for a certain period, or indefinitely.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laicization (460 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Laicization, a technical term for "defrocking a priest", far exceeds suspending a priest from clerical duties.
		Laicization removes a man from the clerical state, so that he is no longer a priest.
		He goes on to say that a quicker laicization process would "give a clear message" that lets a pedophile priest know he is "out of a job" and "on his own with the consequences" of his actions.
	www.richmonddiocese.org /news/LaicizePriests_NewsRelease041902.htm (367 words)

	Laicization - ChristWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In addition to all this, the "laicization" of which we are speaking implies the negation of all religion in matters concerning temporal society; it is the ultimate outcome of absolute Rationalism applied to social life as such.
		Looked at historically, laicization is the final outcome of what was formerly called "secularization", i.e., the hostile action of the secular power, which has successively despoiled the Church of the prerogatives she enjoyed in European society as moulded by the influence of Christianity for centuries.
		From that time laicization had begun, thenceforward carried into effect, not by expedients or by violence, but on principle; it was a battle of systems, in which the secular power, becoming more and more centralized and conscious of its strength, was destined always to prevail.
	christ.relately.com /wiki/Laicization (2377 words)

	Laicization seen as option for abusive clergy
		"Laicization" is granted only by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and goes a step further than removal from ministry.
		If they were laicized, they could lose such benefits, and their care might become the burden of the state or federal government.
		Further, canon law requires that a bishop, in charity, may have to provide assistance even to a laicized priest so that he is not left destitute and uncared for.
	www.evangelist.org /archive/htm6/0818laic.htm (784 words)

	Jean Baubérot : Laicism and laicization
		When the cultural process of secularization is predominant compared with the political process of laicization, the relative decline of a religion’s influence takes place in the form of cultural mutations, with no major tensions between religious and political or other social forces.
		Laicization is a process in which there is a double movement at the end of a political “theocracy”, a movement of institutional differentiation between the political and the religious sphere, a movement of emancipation of the Nation-state, and the institutions towards religion.
		When the political process of laicization is predominant compared with the cultural process of secularization, the tensions between various social forces generally take on the aspect of an open conflict where religion becomes a politico-cultural stake.
	jeanbauberotlaicite.blogspirit.com /archive/2005/03/21/laicism_and_laicization.html (2895 words)

	Quick Questions (This Rock: March 1994)
		Laicization is a process which takes from a priest or other cleric the licit use of his powers, rights, and authority.
		Laicized clerics are forbidden to wear clerical dress or to perform ceremonies or to administer the sacraments ordinary to their former offices.
		Otherwise, laicization renders a cleric for ecclesiastical purposes the equivalent of a layman.
	www.catholic.com /thisrock/1994/9403qq.asp (3288 words)

	The Right To an Advocate and to Appeal
		Laicization ex officio by the Holy See has been done in isolated instances in the past, although no documentation or hard proof of this is readily available.
		Consequently, the only possibilities for laicization are petition of the cleric himself and imposition as a penalty after a canonical trial.
		Although laicization following a canonical trial is a rarity, it is worth considering both for the information of clerics who may be threatened with a penal process on the local level, and ordinaries, who may contemplate such action.
	www.justiceforpriests.org /right_to_an_advocate_and_to_appe.htm (1012 words)

	Ex-Priests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Canonically laicization does not in itself entail a dispensation from the vows of celibacy that priests took upon ordination.
		(Thus dispensation from celibacy included laicization though the reverse as we have seen is not always the case.) Though he is permitted to marry and remain reconciled with the Church, a dispensed priest may not function in a liturgy, preach homilies, teach in any kind of school, or administer the sacraments generally.
		In other words, laicization is in the vast majority of cases a decree stating that the Church no longer gives a priest permission to continue in his ministry or enjoy the privileges of the clerical state.
	www.catholicexchange.com /vm/index.asp?vm_id=64&art_id=31437 (849 words)

	Laicization
		If a repentant priest has a diagnosed psychological problem, which would create a danger to children, his bishop could invoke canon 1044 §2, 2° to declare that the priest is impeded from the exercise of his orders for as long as the priest suffers from this psychiatric illness.
		Finally, minors would be at greater risk if the Church laicizes a priest who is guilty of the sexual abuse of a minor.
		If a priest is laicized, he is thrust back into society without the safeguards, spiritual help and human support which the Church should provide.
	www.opusbonosacerdotii.org /laicization.htm (591 words)

	USCCB - (Office of Media Relations) - Bishops to Consider `Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People' at ...
		Laicization is the church process by which a man is removed from the priesthood.
		Laicization will also be sought for priests who have been diagnosed as pedophiles or who have committed multiple acts of sexual abuse.
		The possibility for ministry or a non-ministerial status without laicization envisioned in the Charter applies only to a cleric who is not a pedophile and who has not has not had multiple victims.
	www.usccb.org /comm/archives/2002/02-102.shtml (1888 words)

	JIMMY AKIN.ORG: Ex-Priest Gets Married
		However when a priest is laicized and his ministry is terminated, his promises of celibacy may be dispensed by the Church, allowing him to marry.
		A laicized priest is still called to holiness from his present condition, but I think that will only come after some resolution of what brought the person to that state to begin with.
		Many laicized priests are outstanding examples of Christian virtue, but that's in spite of the laicization, I think, not because of it.
	www.jimmyakin.org /2005/09/expriest_gets_m.html (2135 words)

	Diocese of Springfield in Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The “indelible character” of holy orders never ceases, but the legal status of the priest as part of the clergy may be lost, either through death or by lawful dismissal from the clerical state.
		The penalty of dismissal from the clerical state, often called “laicization,” is the only one remaining of several penalties against members of the clergy that were formerly in Catholic Church law.
		Some penalties are imposed on certain priests today, generally in connection with the sexual abuse scandal, with effects similar to laicization but which are not formally and canonically loss of the clerical state.
	www.dio.org /catholictimes/archive.php?file=archive/2004/12_19_2004/question (480 words)

	Thomas Brunner Laicized (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has informed the Archdiocese of Cincinnati that Thomas Brunner’s petition for laicization from the priesthood was approved by Pope Benedict XVI.
		Laicization means a priest is permanently stripped of all clerical functions and privileges.
		When laicization is imposed, rather than requested, it is sometimes called "defrocking." In Brunner’s case, he requested the laicization by signing the documents sent to Rome.
	www.catholiccincinnati.org /pressreleases/brunnerlaicized.htm (437 words)

	News/Features \| Bitter divorce (continued) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Laicization allows priests to marry inside the Church, albeit in secret, with no guests or witnesses.
		A priest who petitions for laicization must declare not only that he cannot live up to his celibacy vows, but also that his ordination amounts to a big mistake.
		According to the Church’s laicization petition, a copy of which was obtained by the Phoenix, a laicized priest has to agree to move miles away from "the area where his previous condition is known," so as "to avoid scandal and astonishment on the part of the faithful."
	www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/news_features/other_stories/multipage/documents/02360466.htm (1795 words)

	Bishops lauded for progress as conference ends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At a press conference, Flynn said that since the charter, bishops are expected to pursue laicization in nearly all cases.
		Once a priest has been laicized, he said, "then it would not be the responsibility of the bishop to follow that person, it would be the responsibility of the [civil] authorities in any town or jurisdiction."
		Wuerl's position is that the rules do not require laicization as long as the priest is removed from all public ministry and from identifying himself as a priest in any way.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/03173/195022.stm (1100 words)

	VIRTUS® Online
		The most serious canonical penalty is the laicization, or removal from the clerical state, of the offending priest.
		In addition to the age and health of the offending cleric, the bishops had to develop a workable solution to the problem of what to do about priests who abused but are no longer subject to criminal or civil prosecution.
		Laicized clerics are free to come and go as they please.
	www.virtus.org /virtus/index.cfm?free_articles_id=88&scheddate=06-23-2003 (2475 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Laicization
		Laicization is the externalization and product of the rationalistic, anti-Catholic, and anti-religious movement.
		certain attacks on the popes, and the laicization of the monasteries by Constantine Copronymus (767).
		The situation of the Church in the Western kingdoms that rose on the ruins of the empire was different.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08744a.htm (2380 words)

	Laicization - dehis.sk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At last laicization agreed amongst themselves and consented to sleep the night upon it and that none should go forth at dawn next day to seek his living, but that all must wait till high morning, when they should gather together all in one place.
		Squillace was sent to Venice as Spanish ambassador, and in Venice laicization died at an advanced age.
		He was a man designed to be an object of intense hatred to the people; laicization was simply ruthless in his taxation.
	laicization.dehis.sk (1014 words)

	Hubbard decides not to defrock abusive priests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bishop Howard Hubbard has decided not to seek the laicization of the 18 priests removed from ministry in the Capital Region for sexual abuse.
		The laicization process utilized by other dioceses completely secularizes a priest found guilty of abuse, taking away all ecclesiastic control and benefits.
		A spokesman for the bishop actually said Tuesday that by not laicizing an abusive priest it actually keeps him subject to the church's authority -- otherwise he could just slip away and not be held responsible.
	www.wnyt.com /x4747.xml?ag=x156&sb=x183 (313 words)

	NewStandard: 7/9/98
		Late last year, the Vatican told diocese officials that a unilateral laicization was a faster course to remove Kos from the priesthood, and the diocese resubmitted the required paperwork.
		Unilateral laicization means that Kos is returned to the status of a lay person and cannot administer the sacraments, Williams said.
		Priests can request laicization, but it is unusual for a bishop to seek it for another priest, he said.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/07-98/07-09-98/c06wn095.htm (578 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Also laicized priests are not to be in the public eye without specific permission.
		All I want to add is this: Laicization, that, in Canon Law, is formally called "dismissal from the clerical state", is something that can happen either as a punishment imposed by the competent ecclesiastical authority or at the cleric's request, also by a decision of the competent authority.
		While the Sacrament of Holy Orders remains with the laicized priest forever (a priest is a priest forever), the affiliation to the clerical state can be revoked by (or voluntarily relinguished to) the authority of the Church.
	www.saint-mike.org /qa/FS/ViewAnswer.asp?QID=345 (497 words)

	Vatican decides not to defrock Worcester, MA priest
		Retired Bishop Daniel P. Reilly testified in an April 2004 deposition, when he was still bishop in Worcester, that the diocese was seeking laicization — defrocking — of Monsignor Battista and that he started the process at the request of one of the monsignor’s alleged victims.
		Monsignor Battista, who was a licensed social worker and former head of Catholic Charities for the diocese, signed a three-page consent agreement with the state Board of Registration of Social Workers in 1991 and admitted that he had an improper sexual relationship with a client.
		While laicization is the term used in the Catholic church, it means the same as defrocking.
	www.snapnetwork.org /news/massachusetts/worcester/vatican_defrock_battista.htm (986 words)

	Milwaukee Catholic Herald – February 26, 2004
		Of the 45 priests with substantiated allegations, 15 have died and six left active ministry or sought laicization prior to 2002.
		The report stated that Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan was seeking administrative laicization from the pope for seven of the priests and that five are seeking voluntary laicization.
		Laicization is the process in the Catholic Church by which a priest is returned to the lay state, losing the rights and obligations of the clerical state, sometimes as a penalty for a serious crime, but usually at his request.
	www.chnonline.org /2004/2004-02-26/newsstory1.html (1005 words)

	Diocese of Springfield in Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		You didn’t mention that a priest can be laicized after walking away from the priesthood for a number of reasons which do not involve abuse.
		As the daughter of a laicized priest who left the priesthood in the tumultuous 1960s, I can say you should have thought harder before responding in such a cold way.
		Perhaps you didn’t notice that the questioner in that column specifically asked about a priest who is “laicized because of grievous offenses against Catholic law.” I took, that, as it seems you did also, as referring especially to the current scandals of sexual abuse by priests.
	www.dio.org /catholictimes/archive.php?file=archive/2005/02_13_2005/question (578 words)

	Why bishops stopped short of 'defrocking' clergy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When a priest is "laicized" -- dismissed from what's called the "clerical state" and treated as a layperson -- that bond is broken.
		In the case of clergy sexual abuse, the investigation is passed to the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to be judged.
		Green, alcohol use would be taken into account when considering whether to laicize the priest, since his case wouldn't be the same as "someone who's cold and calculating." Under the U.S. bishops' new charter, regardless of the circumstances, the priest would be removed from ministry forever.
	www.evangelist.org /archive/htm3/0711defr.htm (698 words)

	Tolerating the Secular State, the Enemy of Faith
		This immense transformation, the natural and typical fruit of a tendency towards laicization that has made itself progressively felt in the various sectors of Western culture, in society, and in life itself, was inherently prejudicial to the Holy Catholic Church.
		As faith is the root of all virtues and virtue is the essential condition for the salvation of souls, laicization is contrary to faith.
		As a result, little or nothing was done to inculcate a clear notion of the risks of this regime, of their gravity, and of the continual action that was indispensable to prevent them from becoming reality.
	www.tfp.org /student_action/opinions/culture/tolerance4.htm (1193 words)

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