The Delaware Supreme Court on March 14 publicly reprimanded a prominent Wilmington defense attorney for a series of sexually explicit and religiously insensitive remarks he made to state prosecutors over the course of years.

The justices ordered Joseph A. Hurley, a member of the Delaware bar since 1970, to complete six months of professional training after two separate disciplinary petitions unearthed a trail of communications in which he discussed exposing himself, and made other insulting and demeaning comments to three female deputy attorneys general.