Ottawa priest defrocked following abuse admissions, allegations

An Ottawa priest who is to stand trial next year on historic sex abuse charges has been defrocked by the Vatican.
Barry McGrory, 83, is the second Ottawa priest to be dismissed from the priesthood in the clergy sex-abuse scandal. The Catholic Church calls the dismissal process “laicization,” and it is considered the harshest penalty the Vatican can deliver.
His official removal from the priesthood follows a determined campaign by one of his acknowledged victims, Colleen Passard,