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  2. Loss of clerical state - Wikipedia

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    The rescript of laicization for a deacon normally contains no special limitations, but that for a priest does prohibit him from delivering a homily (the sermon preached at Mass after proclamation of the Gospel reading, not preaching in general), acting as extraordinary minister of Holy Communion, having a directive office in the pastoral field ...

  3. Defrocking - Wikipedia

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    A defrocked clergyman is prohibited from celebrating the sacraments (Holy Baptism and Holy Communion). [19] A United Methodist elder or deacon may only have their credentials revoked through voluntary surrender or church trial.

  4. Excommunication in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    "A priest who acts against the prescript of can. 977 incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See (can. 1378)". Canon 977 states that the absolution of an accomplice in a sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue is invalid except in danger of death; i.e., if a priest commits a sexual sin with someone, he ...

  5. Vatican: 848 priests defrocked for abuse since '04 - AOL

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    By JOHN HEILPRIN and NICOLE WINFIELD May 6, 7:10 PM EDT GENEVA (AP) -- The Vatican revealed Tuesday that over the past decade, it has defrocked 848 priests who raped or molested children and ...

  6. List of excommunicable offences in the Catholic Church

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    If a bishop receives a priest into his diocese who belongs to another diocese, both the priest and the bishop are excommunicated. Those who concoct two natures of the Lord before the union but imagine a single one after the union. Religious or laity who attempt to produce another creed.

  7. List of people excommunicated by the Catholic Church

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    The priest also said a married person who chose to have an affair, heterosexual or otherwise, would not be unfaithful as long as that person's spouse allowed it. [ 136 ] [ 137 ] [ 138 ] Fr Greg Reynolds of Melbourne, Australia was excommunicated in 2013 for continuing to celebrate Mass when not permitted, advocating the attempted ordination of ...

  8. Belgian bishop defrocked 14 years after admitting to abusing ...

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    Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. The case of Roger Vangheluwe, the ...

  9. Clergy abuse survivors propose new 'zero tolerance' law ...

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    After bullish years under the late Pope Benedict XVI, who defrocked nearly 850 priests in a decade, the office in recent years appears to have taken a more lenient approach as cases poured in from ...