{"id":4474,"date":"2011-06-18T13:03:20","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T17:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/deaconsbench\/?p=4474"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:43:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:43:40","slug":"what-can-an-ex-priest-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/06\/what-can-an-ex-priest-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What can an ex-priest do? — UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

With the Corapi news<\/a><\/strong>, it\u2019s a question many are asking.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A few years ago, Jimmy Akin posted a good and clear-headed summary<\/a><\/strong> that, as far as I know, still holds:<\/p>\n

1) He can\u2019t celebrate any of the sacraments except for hearing deathbed confessions. It is especially noted that he can\u2019t give homilies.<\/p>\n

2) He can\u2019t serve as an extraordinary minister of holy Communion.<\/p>\n

3) He can\u2019t serve any \u201cdirective office in the pastoral field\u201d (e.g., serving as a parish administrator).<\/p>\n

4) He can\u2019t do anything at all in a seminary.<\/p>\n

5) He can\u2019t serve as a director or teacher in a Catholic university.<\/p>\n

6) He can\u2019t teach theology or any closely related discipline (e.g., religious studies, history of theology) in a non-Catholic university.<\/p>\n

7) He can\u2019t serve a director (e.g., school principal) in a parochial school.<\/p>\n

8..) He can\u2019t serve as a teacher in a parochial school unless he gets the bishop\u2019s permission.<\/p>\n

9) He shouldn\u2019t live in or frequent places where his status as an ex-priest is generally known, unless he gets the bishop\u2019s permission.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing<\/a><\/strong> for more context and details.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Late today, I got an e-mail from Fr. Paul Counce, Judicial Vicar for the Diocese of Baton Rouge.\u00a0 He wanted me to know that the rescript has been updated, and noted: \u201cThe significant changes that Bl. John Paul II began and which have been continued by Pope Benedict are that laicized priests now CAN be admitted by the local bishop to serve as lectors or extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion (since these are lay ministries and no longer thought to be essentially connected to the clerical state\u2026\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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