On February 25, 1966, DuBay was suspended from the priesthood by Cardinal McIntyre after he published a highly controversial book, The Human Church, which criticized the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church and called upon priests to unionize. Upset that he was tried in absentia by a panel of anonymous judges, DuBay wrote to the Vatican and requested an ecclesiastical trial - a request that was ultimately denied. The file includes these letters exchanged between DuBay and church administrators in Rome; a chronology of events that led to DuBay's suspension, submitted to the Vatican by the Los Angeles Archdiocese; DuBay's rebuttal to the charges brought against him; article clippings regarding the suspension; and handwritten notes.