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- verb Present participle of
laicize .
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Examples
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M. Ferry's bill making primary education obligatory, and 'laicizing' that education, finally became law on July
France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 William Henry Hurlbert 1861
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Anne Burke, an Illinois judge who served from 2002 to 2005 on the National Review Board, an advisory panel established by U.S. bishops to monitor their response to the scandal, supports laicizing perpetrators as a matter of justice.
Abusive priests: To defrock or not? U.S. Catholics debate 2010
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But laicizing a priest can take years, while a local bishop can swiftly yank perpetrators from working with children and continue to keep tabs on them.
Abusive priests: To defrock or not? U.S. Catholics debate 2010
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Some Catholics say laicizing a perpetrator, which only the Vatican can do, is just and fair — an unambiguous verdict that validates victims and punishes child molesters with the clerical equivalent of the death penalty.
Abusive priests: To defrock or not? U.S. Catholics debate 2010
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The process of laicizing or otherwise disciplining pedophile priests became much speedier after 2001, when Pope John Paul II gave Ratzinger's office jurisdiction over all cases of clerical sex abuse.
Vatican Defends Pope's Record On Sexual Abuse The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The process of laicizing or otherwise disciplining pedophile priests became much speedier after 2001, when Pope John Paul II gave Ratzinger's office jurisdiction over all cases of clerical sex abuse.
Vatican Defends Pope's Record On Sexual Abuse Josh Fleet 2010
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The process of laicizing or otherwise disciplining pedophile priests became much speedier after 2001, when Pope John Paul II gave Ratzinger's office jurisdiction over all cases of clerical sex abuse.
Vatican Defends Pope's Record On Sexual Abuse The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The process of laicizing or otherwise disciplining pedophile priests became much speedier after 2001, when Pope John Paul II gave Ratzinger's office jurisdiction over all cases of clerical sex abuse.
Vatican Defends Pope's Record On Sexual Abuse The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The process of laicizing or otherwise disciplining pedophile priests became much speedier after 2001, when Pope John Paul II gave Ratzinger's office jurisdiction over all cases of clerical sex abuse.
Vatican Defends Pope's Record On Sexual Abuse The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The process of laicizing or otherwise disciplining pedophile priests became much speedier after 2001, when Pope John Paul II gave Ratzinger's office jurisdiction over all cases of clerical sex abuse.
Vatican Defends Pope's Record On Sexual Abuse The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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