[ghost of nixon]

Capozzi is currently in an undisclosed convent in Italy undergoing a spiritual retreat. There has been no mention of a process of laicization for his transgressions

is laicization something like de-gayication?

[Arthur McGowan]

Laicization, or “dismissal from the clerical state,” is what most people mean when they use the non-existent term “defrocking.”

[WashingtonSource]

laicization is defrocking — he would be removed from the priesthood. Formal defincition: removal of a bishop, priest or deacon from the status of being a member of the clergy.