| 11. | The fact that the diocese has not seen fit to defrock Father Lavigne says it all.
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| 12. | Only the Vatican can defrock priests, and it is so difficult that most bishops simply suspend offenders.
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| 13. | But if they try to defrock me, I would rather die, and I will die alone,
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| 14. | If the court rules against Furlong, it has the authority to suspend, fire or defrock him.
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| 15. | The bishops plan to ask Pope John Paul II to laicize, or defrock, many of those priests.
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| 16. | Mahony remained adamant about zero tolerance, insisting that the bishops must defrock any priest guilty of past abuse.
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| 17. | Sexual scandals with prostitutes in the late 1980s and early 1990s led the Assemblies of God to defrock him.
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| 18. | It wants those historically discriminated against to defrock themselves of even the labors they were channeled into because of discrimination.
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| 19. | He refuses to elaborate on his charge, but warned he might have to defrock Meraclis if he was elected.
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| 20. | He called Meraclis " morally incompetent " to run for a bishop post and threatened to defrock him.
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