Are there any sins that would perevent one from becoming a priest?

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I was having difficulty with the Canon Law site so the above link is a problem, however, if you google

“Canon Law, impediments to Ordination”

you will find the information you are seeking. 🙂

The other link is okay and will give you the information you want, though you may wish to verify it with Canon Law itself.
 
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Just wondering…
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Code of Canon Law:
Can. 1041 The following are irregular for receiving orders:

2/ a person who has committed the delict of apostasy, heresy, or schism;

3/ a person who has attempted marriage, even only civilly, while either impeded personally from entering marriage by a matrimonial bond, sacred orders, or a public perpetual vow of chastity, or with a woman bound by a valid marriage or restricted by the same type of vow;

4/ a person who has committed voluntary homicide or procured a completed abortion and all those who positively cooperated in either;

5/ a person who has mutilated himself or another gravely and maliciously or who has attempted suicide;

6/ a person who has placed an act of orders reserved to those in the order of episcopate or presbyterate while either lacking that order or prohibited from its exercise by some declared or imposed canonical penalty.
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These irregularities can be dispensed by the competent authority.

Aside from canon law, there are some sins that are particularly unfit for a priest to commit. Commission of those sins may be an indication that the man should at least wait for a bit.
 
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