Bishop Gregory and the American bishops who negotiated the revisions have denied this.

He also files a lawsuit against the Toledo Diocese, whose bishop denies, falsely, that others have made the same charges against Mr. Gray.

Obsessed with secrecy, the bishops have denied the implications of the changes in ecclesiastical culture.

At the same time, according to the complaint, the bishop told others about her "improprieties," which the bishop denies.

For 1,200 years, "popes, bishops and theologians regularly and unanimously denied the religious liberty of heretics," Judge Noonan wrote.

In recent months, other bishops have denied supporters of abortion a platform to speak in their dioceses.

One bishop denied a legislator who favored abortion rights the sacrament of communion, a step short of excommunication.

He is concerned only that the bishop denies the existence of those gods who were regarded as being essential protectors of the Roman Empire.

If a priest is judged innocent, a bishop can still deny him a ministerial post.

Other bishops, archbishops and cardinals however have not denied communion to pro-choice politicians.