WORCESTER (MA)
The Catholic Free Press
Three men whose faculties to serve as priests had already been removed by Bishops Harrington and Reilly have been laicized, according to a statement from Bishop McManus.
Bishop McManus announced that David Blizard, Thomas Kane, and Robert Shauris are no longer in the clerical state.
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the voluntary laicizations of Thomas Kane and Robert Shauris prior to resigning.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith made the decision in the case of David Blizard.
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