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- noun Plural form of
laicization .
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Examples
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But she said that too often, laicizations are carried out in secret and the public is kept in the dark.
Abusive priests: To defrock or not? U.S. Catholics debate 2010
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But traditionally, most laicizations have been requested by men who want to leave the priesthood to marry or for other reasons.
Abusive priests: To defrock or not? U.S. Catholics debate 2010
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So, what the bishops would really like is a quicker, speeder process of doing these laicizations, and to do that, they have to have Rome's approval.
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Eventually, it will have to be approved by Rome, of course, and particularly if there are laicizations.
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New rules in 1980 also removed bishops 'option of requesting laicizations of abusive priests without holding a church trial.
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