Clergy Procedural Handbook

This new edition is a completely revised version of the CLSA's 1992 Clergy Procedural Handbook. It contains numerous sample documents to assist practitioners with various processes that involve clergy, both in the diocesan setting and in institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life. Part two of the book addresses penal law and the various judicial and extrajudicial processes that are available to deal with situations where disciplinary action is sought against a cleric.CHAPTERS1 Principles Governing Processes and Procedures Concerning ClericsPART ONE: Foundational and Relational Matters2 Incardination of Clerics3 Administration of Sacraments and Public Ministry4 Ecclesiastical Offices5 Suitability and Restrictions6 Departure and Readmission Part A: Departure from the Clerical State Part B: Readmission to the Sacred Ministry7 Recourse Against Administrative ActsPART TWO: Penal Law and Penal Processes8 Grave Delicts Reserved9 Essential Norms10 Penal Judicial Processes11 Special FacultiesPART THREE: Special Considerations12 Religious Clergy13 Immigration Issues14 Access and Maintenance of Files Read more