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  • Pope defrocks priest shot amid abuse charges

    12/23/2004 8:25:35 AM PST · by NYer · 10 replies · 348+ views
    CNN ^ | December 22, 2004
    BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) -- A priest who was shot and wounded in 2002 by a former altar boy he allegedly molested more than a decade ago has been defrocked by Pope John Paul II, The Associated Press has learned. The pope decided in October to dismiss Maurice Blackwell, and the Archdiocese of Baltimore received the official paperwork earlier this month from the Vatican, archdiocese spokesman Sean Caine said Wednesday.