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Pope Francis laicizes Toledo priest after life sentence for sexual abuse of minors

March 19, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

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CNA Staff, Mar 19, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has laicized an Ohio priest after the clergyman received a life sentence in prison for the sexual abuse of minors, the Diocese of Toledo said … […]

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Alabama priest laicized after civil marriage to 18-year-old 

January 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Jan 8, 2024 / 13:15 pm (CNA).
A former Alabama priest has officially been laicized after abandoning his assignment and marrying an 18-year-old, the Archdiocese of Mobile said in a statement announcing the … […]

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Retired bishop of Albany who is accused of abuse says he is married 

August 1, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

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Boston, Mass., Aug 1, 2023 / 15:25 pm (CNA).
The retired bishop of Albany, who is facing allegations that he both covered up and personally committed … […]

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What does it mean to be laicized, defrocked, or dismissed from the clerical state?

December 22, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

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Denver, Colo., Dec 22, 2022 / 06:43 am (CNA).
On Nov. 9, Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung Sik, prefect for the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy, laicized Father Frank Pavone fr… […]

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Albany bishop asking to be laicized isn’t barred from publicly celebrating sacraments, as he claims

November 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard of the Diocese of Albany / Screenshot from 2018 YouTube video

Boston, Mass., Nov 21, 2022 / 16:10 pm (CNA).
Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard of the Diocese of Albany has asked the Vatican to laicize him, claiming th… […]

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Laicized former priest serving life term dead of apparent suicide

February 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 8, 2022 / 15:32 pm (CNA).
Robert McWilliams, a recently-laicized former priest, died Friday, Feb. 4 in his jail cell at the federal prison in Allenwood, Pennsylvania. … […]

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