2025年11月,经梵蒂冈批准的一项特许令将前牧师Robert Sullivan从牧师职位上除名,因为有人指控她17岁时与一名妇女有关系,而且尽管没有使用教会资金,但财政支助总额超过270 000美元。 A Vatican-approved dispensation removed former priest Robert Sullivan from the priesthood in November 2025 after allegations of a relationship with a woman when she was 17 and financial support totaling over $270,000, though no church funds were used.

Robert Sullivan, 一位来自阿拉巴马州Homewood的61岁前牧师, 在梵蒂冈批准他的请求后, 正式从天主教祭司职位上除名, Robert Sullivan, a 61-year-old former priest from Homewood, Alabama, has been formally removed from the Catholic priesthood after the Vatican approved his request to be dispensed from Holy Orders. 该决定于2025年11月24日生效,此前有人指控,他17岁时开始与一名妇女发生关系,包括声称财政支助总额超过270 000美元。 The decision, effective November 24, 2025, followed allegations that he began a relationship with a woman when she was 17, including claims of financial support totaling over $270,000. Birmingham教区确认没有使用教会资金,内部调查没有发现任何机构错失行为。 The Diocese of Birmingham confirmed no church funds were used, and an internal investigation found no institutional wrongdoing. Sullivan从2025年8月起休假。 Sullivan had been on leave since August 2025.