(1) Because it is a state church, however, the Lutheran Church cannot defrock him.

(2) The cardinals said on Wednesday they would recommend a process to defrock any priest who has become u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510notorious and is guilty of the serial, predatory sexual abuse of minorsu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb.

(3) Journalists rarely understand the full power of the press, but one authority we don't have is the power to defrock priests.

(4) If the gentlemen's code lauded self-sacrifice, its opposite selfishness - was behavior that, if egregious enough, could defrock a gentleman.

(5) A bishops' committee has recommended the church defrock any priest who abuses children in the future, but says that if a priest only abused one child in the past, he might continue as a priest.

(6) He had left his diocese one step ahead of a move to defrock him

(7) The Dallas resolution made it much easier to defrock a priest for molesting a child.

(8) He was tried for heresy by the Free Church of Scotland and defrocked .

(9) If this story is true the priest who offered up this warped advice should be defrocked .

(10) These defrocked workers are retraining for free in the city sponsored center, where they learn computer skills and facial massage.

(11) He was also allegedly defrocked as a Russian Orthodox priest in his home country.

(12) In line with the law he was defrocked , and the commandments plaque was removed.

(13) This courageous stand put him at odds with the chief justice, who has since been defrocked for thumbing his nose at the federal courts.

(14) The Modernist clergyman who had led the revolt, found himself defrocked and excommunicated.

(15) Some welcome the defrocking of consultants as a sign of democratisation: the people will not stand for being pulled apart and pushed around by men in white coats.

(16) If you've accepted such behavior in the past and expect to continue this friendship in the future, it's wrong to insist on defrocking your friend.

(17) He has been suspended for six months while the matter is further investigated, and it appears almost a certainty that he will be defrocked .

(18) Because of Buddhism's central importance in national life, the state has long been reluctant to act against errant monks until they have been defrocked by the Buddhist hierarchy.

(19) If he is ordained, he should be defrocked for violating confidentiality.

(20) Priests who are guilty of sexually assaulting minors should be defrocked and turned over to the law.