Priest Refusing to give Last Rites

[Vico]

Good morning all. I had a question that was posed to me by a friend, and I’m looking for some insight on the issue.

His grandmother passed last week, and before she went she was seeking Last Rites. Apparently, she called three parishes and the priests refused to administer the Rite because she was not a member of their parish.

Is this a legitimate reason? His grandmother was a devout, practicing Catholic who’s regular parish priest wasn’t nearby. Can a priest refuse to administer rights based off of something like this?

Thanks!

CIC Latin Canon Law

Can. 1003 §1. Every priest and a priest alone validly administers the anointing of the sick.

§2. All priests to whom the care of souls has been entrusted have the duty and right of administering the anointing of the sick for the faithful entrusted to their pastoral office. For a reasonable cause, any other priest can administer this sacrament with at least the presumed consent of the priest mentioned above.
§3. Any priest is permitted to carry blessed oil with him so that he is able to administer the sacrament of the anointing of the sick in a case of necessity.

 

[Gorgias]

Good morning all. I had a question that was posed to me by a friend, and I’m looking for some insight on the issue.

His grandmother passed last week, and before she went she was seeking Last Rites. Apparently, she called three parishes and the priests refused to administer the Rite because she was not a member of their parish.

I’m confused. Was she not a member of a parish? Did she not call her own pastor?

 

[Casilda]

CIC Latin Canon Law

Can. 1003 §1. Every priest and a priest alone validly administers the anointing of the sick.

§2. All priests to whom the care of souls has been entrusted have the duty and right of administering the anointing of the sick for the faithful entrusted to their pastoral office. For a reasonable cause, any other priest can administer this sacrament with at least the presumed consent of the priest mentioned above.
§3. Any priest is permitted to carry blessed oil with him so that he is able to administer the sacrament of the anointing of the sick in a case of necessity.

foxnews.com/us/2013/09/20/mystery-priest-to-reunite-with-miracle-car-crash-surviver-katie-lentz/

Just in case.

 

[Gorgias]

His grandmother was a devout, practicing Catholic who’s regular parish priest wasn’t nearby.

Whoops… I missed this, the first time I read the OP.

Like others have said, we don’t know the whole story. Might she not have mentioned that she tried her pastor and he was unavailable? Did she actually talk to other priests, or perhaps she was given bad info by whomever answered the phones?

 

[7_Sorrows]

it doesn’t make sense because she wasn’t a member of the parish. people travel all the time. john f. kennedy received Last Rites in Dallas
and I don’t believe he was a member of any parish in Dallas.