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defrock

[dee-frok] / diˈfrɒk /




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Under Ratzinger’s watch as cardinal and pope, the Vatican authorized fast-track administrative procedures to defrock egregious abusers.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2023

The French Church in 2018 banned him from public ministry but did not defrock him.

From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2022

The Vatican has been under pressure to defrock the cleric, but it has maintained he deserves a full and fair legal process.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2020

He resigned a few years later, before the church concluded proceedings to defrock him.

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2019

Brennan said the reason the Vatican did not defrock Bransfield was that it would lose leverage.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2019