Helping verb!! Because it’s trying to help you describe the sentence
The priests are telling their parishioners to withdraw their support for Parnell because of his immoral behavior. Mr. Dedalus and Mr. Casey both object to priests interfering in politics. Dante defends the priests because she thinks it is their job to direct the people away from immorality.
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I would go with the third option.