defrocked

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Defrocked and disgraced, Swaggart clawed his way back to the pulpit, but attendance at his church shrank, his television ministry withered and the Bible college he founded stripped away his name.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025

Defrocked three days earlier, Frank Schaefer stood within the Foundry United Methodist Church wearing a dark business suit and a necktie with a pattern representing a religious flame.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2013

Equally upset was Defrocked Mayor Bill Stirling, who suffered a double defeat on election day: he lost to Bill Kelsey, and the job of mayor was eliminated.

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