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CaptainDan
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In the Code of Canon Law, it states (link)
Does someone who receives Communion in a state of moral sin receive a latae sententiae excommunication?A person who throws away the consecrated species or takes or retains them for a sacrilegious purpose incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See; moreover, a cleric can be punished with another penalty, not excluding dismissal from the clerical state.