He should be given probation according to the length of the earlier concealment of those offenses, and he should then be given the trial period. It may be that a monk commits a number of offenses entailing suspension. He’s sure of some of them, but unsure of others. He conceals the offenses he’s sure of, but not those he’s unsure of. He then disrobes. Being reordained and having become sure of all of them, he doesn’t conceal those offenses he was previously sure of, but conceals those he was unsure of. He should be given probation according to the length of the earlier and subsequent concealment of those offenses, and he should then be given the trial period. It may be that a monk commits a number of offenses entailing suspension. He’s sure of some of them, but unsure of others.