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The distinction between Gravel's priestly status and his exercise of priestly ministry may satisfy a canon lawyer, but 90 per cent of the faithful (and the public) will understand simply that a notorious gay-activist priest, who has not been defrocked, is running for office without public opposition from the Church. By all appearances at peace with himself and his crimes, O'Grady should come off like a defrocked Hannibal Lecter, but he doesn't. He was defrocked by the presbytery in Cincinnati and relieved of his duties, his job, and his congregation in a humiliating display of self-righteousness by the presbytery and betrayal by some individuals in his congregation. |
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