| 21. | Mahony remained adamant the other major issue, insisting that the bishops must defrock any priest guilty of past abuse.
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| 22. | He refuses to elaborate on his charge, but warned he might have to defrock Archimandrite Meraclis if he was elected.
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| 23. | He said Meraclis was " morally incompetent " to run for a bishop post and threatened to defrock him.
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| 24. | "They were going to defrock me, but they couldn't figure out how to do it,"
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| 25. | Bishops can suspend priests but few have sought to defrock offenders because the Vatican's procedures are time-consuming and cumbersome.
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| 26. | He fought for 14 years and finally persuaded the Vatican to defrock a priest who was accused but never convicted of child molestation.
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| 27. | Patriarch Justin Moisescu ( Justinian's successor ) allowed the Holy Synod to defrock Dumitreasa and other priests that the state arrested.
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| 28. | Bishops can request that the Vatican formally defrock the offending priest " even without the consent of the priest or deacon ."
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| 29. | This week, representatives of 207 Buddhist organizations called on the council to follow the Supreme Patriarch's order to defrock the abbot.
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| 30. | The recommendation to defrock a priest is certainly a no-brainer when it comes to notorious, serial offenders and new cases of abuse.
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