A thousand thank-you's for confirming to us that priests can, indeed, be defrocked.
We've heard from various RCs around here who tell us this is not only unnecessary but incorrect nomenclature.
Welcome to the revolution.
A priest can be laicized, barred from celebrating public Mass, hearing confessions, sent to a monastery to repent his crimes, excommunicated, etc. He can also be given over to the civil authority for prosecution. Many priests died as a result. Remember the Holy Inquisition, of blessed memory -- we just discussed it?
A priest cannot be made non-priest any more than you can be made un-baptized.
Your confusion is probably lack of familiarity with technical terms and the irreversible character of the sacrament of the Holy Orders. If you really need to understand it, ask.