171. Unlawful exercise of the sacred ministry
The delict consists of unlawfully celebrating the sacraments or sacramentals when prohibited and liturgical misconduct and abuse
The delict consists of unlawfully celebrating the sacraments or sacramentals when prohibited and liturgical misconduct and abuse
The juridical-pastoral criteria to ascertain this delict are deliberate action and the absence of the danger of death.
Eucharistic communion is inseparably linked to full ecclesial communion and its visible expression
The validity and liceity of the anointing of the sick done at adoration grounds on Catholics depend on the type of oil used, how it was blessed, and the rite used in administering the sacrament.
The flow of the mass is that after consecration, there is the distribution of Holy Communion. The liturgy does not accommodate for consecration – communion – consecration.
Taking away the consecrated host is a sin (morality) and an offence (legality) at the same time. This means one needs sacramental absolution in addition to the penalty. This also explains why reparation is needed when the Eucharist is desecrated.
One must note that the invalidity of the attempted marriage only occurs in the Church because a priest or a finally professed religious who marries according to customary or statutory law contracts the marriage validly and licitly if he or she fulfils the conditions required for the validity and liceity of marriage in the customary or statutory law legal system.
One who confers a sacred order on a woman merely attempts the act.
Capacity concerns validity while ability concerns liceity
Since clerics and religious are obliged to report a case of sexual abuse, neglecting to report is a delict punishable in canon law.