Do validly but illicitly ordained men have a shortcut to licit clergy status?

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If a man has validly, but illicitly, received Holy Orders in the view of the CC, to what extent do those Holy Orders give him a shortcut to becoming a fully authorized Deacon, Priest, or Bishop in the Catholic Church?

My guess would be that if said man has been legitimately educated in a seminary or has otherwise received equivalent education and training (e.g. perhaps they attended a schismatic seminary (of a tradition with valid Holy Orders) and were ordained by that tradition or they attended a Catholic seminary but joined a schismatic tradition before receiving Holy Orders), then they would be able to find their way to fully legitimate clergy status in the CC after having gone to Confession, etc. and restored or established their communion in the CC, and finished whatever they were missing in terms of education or training.

I would also guess that men with NO qualifications that were technically ordained by a rogue Bishop (e.g. a rogue Bishop just up and ordained some guy he met on the street using the valid sacramental procedure) would have NO advantage.

Is this basically correct?
 
If a man has validly, but illicitly, received Holy Orders in the view of the CC, to what extent do those Holy Orders give him a shortcut to becoming a fully authorized Deacon, Priest, or Bishop in the Catholic Church?
Possibly but I wouldn’t really call it a “shortcut” since the decision is made on a case by case basis.
My guess would be that if said man has been legitimately educated in a seminary or has otherwise received equivalent education and training (e.g. perhaps they attended a schismatic seminary (of a tradition with valid Holy Orders) and were ordained by that tradition or they attended a Catholic seminary but joined a schismatic tradition before receiving Holy Orders), then they would be able to find their way to fully legitimate clergy status in the CC after having gone to Confession, etc. and restored or established their communion in the CC, and finished whatever they were missing in terms of education or training.
Once again, its a case by case basis. What caused the individual to join a schismatic sect? Where they born into it? Converted at a young age? Are there still serious theological issues/concerns? Did they get ordained in a schismatic sect to avoid the Catholic seminary system?
I would also guess that men with NO qualifications that were technically ordained by a rogue Bishop (e.g. a rogue Bishop just up and ordained some guy he met on the street using the valid sacramental procedure) would have NO advantage.
Here, you are essentially correct.
 
Possibly but I wouldn’t really call it a “shortcut” since the decision is made on a case by case basis.

Once again, its a case by case basis. What caused the individual to join a schismatic sect? Where they born into it? Converted at a young age? Are there still serious theological issues/concerns? Did they get ordained in a schismatic sect to avoid the Catholic seminary system?

Here, you are essentially correct.
Wait… Am I imagining this, or did you just get a “t” added to your forum name?

(Apologies for the non sequitur)
 
I don’t know as if I would call it a short cut. I think it has much to do with intent. After all as NewEnglandpriest has stated if a man was born say Anglican and then enters through the Anglican Ordinate - this was not a shortcut - it was still a Calling from God in the state of life he was in.
 


Once again, its a case by case basis. What caused the individual to join a schismatic sect? Where they born into it? Converted at a young age? . …
Note these might be exceptions to
Can. 1041 The following are irregular for receiving orders:

2/ a person who has committed the delict of apostasy, heresy, or schism;
since it was not the result of a mature act.
 
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