Well, if it's a half truth (or lie) and you stated it as such, you must know that somehow. What's the source for your information and why didn't you post it?
Did you even read what I wrote?
The true half is that these 14 remain unlaicized priests.
The false half is omitting the fact that they cannot function as priests and cannot engage in public ministry where they have contact with men, women, adolescents and children.
Moreover, even laicized (defrocked)priests are still priests before God. Laicization (defrocking) removes him from the ecclesial status of clergy and hence from the bishop’s authority, sets him free upon society. The priestly character can not be removed but he can be kicked out of the clergy. So then he can become a public school teacher or psychotherapist and molest your kids.
The goofs that write about “defrocking” don’t have the faintest idea what “defrocking” means.
And when they focus on “they are still priests” they still don’t get it right. What they mean to say is that they remain undefrocked, hence remain clergy, hence remain under the bishop’s authority. “Being priest” is not at issue. Being active in ministry, being suspended from ministry, being kicked out of the clergy—those are the categories.
But the people who write this stuff are too ill-informed even to know what language to use.