1.   But many bishops, including some prominent cardinals, have suggested a tougher policy, calling for defrocking any priest who ever abused a minor.

2.   Flores and several other Texas bishops have said that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops still is urging the Holy See to streamline the process for defrocking abusive priests.

3.   Flores told a news conference on Monday that he would ask the Vatican to defrock all priests in his archdiocese who have sexually abused children.

4.   He and Pfeifer said they favor streamlining the process for defrocking priests who are pedophiles.

5.   Long after the priest has been defrocked, the families still suffer.

6.   Only the Vatican can defrock priests, and it is so difficult that most bishops simply suspend offenders.

7.   Only the pope can defrock a priest.

8.   The American bishops want the Vatican to streamline the process for defrocking bad priests.

9.   The bishops, faced with a serious financial and moral crisis, want to streamline the process of defrocking priests.

10.   The committee says the church should defrock any priest who sexually abuses a child.