Laicization of priests?

[tafan]

this makes me think of another question.

how come there isn’t a process to determine if the ordination was valid in the first place? like with decrees of nullity for marriages?

for example, in this case, it’s intirely possible he wasn’t called to the priesthood in the first place but felt like he had no choice, by the sounds of it

This is off the top of my head, but I wonder if the reason why marriages can often be annulled and ordinations cannot has to do with who the minister of the sacrament is. With marriage, the ministers of the sacrament are the couple themselves, hence sacrament may not take place because intent by the minister of the sacrament was not there. But the minister of an ordination was the Bishop, so lack of intent by the minister cannot be there, assuming proper form and matter were followed???

Perhaps one of the forum’s resident clergy can help out with this question.

edited to add:
canonlawmadeeasy.com/2016/11/10/can-a-priest-have-his-ordination-annulled/
did a quick google, and I think my answer was on the right track.

 

[pianistclare]

It would make sense for laicized priests to relocate. Has anyone else met a laicized priest, other than Bonnie?

Yes. A few. All live around here.
One married, got divorced. Still lives in the area.
One married and adopted the children of a widow in the parish.
Another married and has a successful IT business going.
Anther married and I think has a few children by now.

 

[pianistclare]

Because your married life is ended when one of the spouses dies. Marriage does not leave an indelibly mark as Ordination to the Priesthood does. That mark cannot be erased.

 

[poche]

It would make sense for laicized priests to relocate. Has anyone else met a laicized priest, other than Bonnie?

I have known a few.

 

[poche]

this makes me think of another question.

how come there isn’t a process to determine if the ordination was valid in the first place? like with decrees of nullity for marriages?

for example, in this case, it’s intirely possible he wasn’t called to the priesthood in the first place but felt like he had no choice, by the sounds of it

From the Code of Canon Law;

CASES FOR DECLARING THE NULLITY OF SACRED ORDINATION (Cann. 1708 - 1712)

Can. 1708 The cleric himself, the ordinary to whom the cleric is subject, or the ordinary in whose diocese the cleric was ordained has the right to challenge the validity of sacred ordination.

Can. 1709 §1. The libellus must be sent to the competent congregation which will decide whether the congregation of the Roman Curia itself or a tribunal designated by it must handle the case.

§2. Once the libellus has been sent, the cleric is forbidden to exercise orders by the law itself.

Can. 1710 If the congregation refers the case to a tribunal, the canons on trials in general and on the ordinary contentious trial are to be observed unless the nature of the matter precludes it and without prejudice to the prescripts of this title.

Can. 1711 In these cases the defender of the bond possesses the same rights and is bound by the same duties as the defender of the marriage bond.

Can. 1712 After a second sentence has confirmed the nullity of sacred ordination, the cleric loses all rights proper to the clerical state and is freed from all obligations.

vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P6T.HTM