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In 1981, after serving three years of probation, Kiesle asked to be laicized — removed from the priesthood.
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Matthias Gafni,
SFChronicle.com,
3 Mar. 2020
Though Brown was stripped of his authority to act publicly as a priest, he wasn’t laicized, or defrocked, until September 2019.
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David Tarrant,
Dallas News,
1 Feb. 2020
Roughly 40% of all the living credibly accused clergy members had either been laicized or had voluntarily left the church.
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Anchorage Daily News,
5 Oct. 2019
Thirteen have died, two have been removed from ministry, and four have been laicized, or removed from the clerical state.
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Washington Post,
13 Sep. 2019
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Matthias Gafni,
SFChronicle.com,
3 Mar. 2020
Though Brown was stripped of his authority to act publicly as a priest, he wasn’t laicized, or defrocked, until September 2019.
—
David Tarrant,
Dallas News,
1 Feb. 2020
Roughly 40% of all the living credibly accused clergy members had either been laicized or had voluntarily left the church.
—
Anchorage Daily News,
5 Oct. 2019
Thirteen have died, two have been removed from ministry, and four have been laicized, or removed from the clerical state.
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Washington Post,
13 Sep. 2019
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“Laicize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laicize. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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