He was declared deposed in his absence by the Metropolitan Court of Armagh in October 1822 for "the crimes of immorality, incontinence, Sodomitical practices, habits, and propensities, and neglect of his spiritual, judicial, and ministerial duties".
In Abwesenheit wurde Jocelyn vom Metropolitan Court of Armagh im Oktober 1822 wegen „the crimes of immorality, incontinence, Sodomitical practice, habits, and prospensities, and neglect of his spiritual, judicial, and ministrial duties“ verurteilt.