Rule 61 Suspension of a priest or deacon following arrestF3I1

Where a priest or deacon holding any preferment in a diocese is arrested on suspicion of committing a criminal offence the bishop may suspend the priest or deacon from exercising or performing without the leave of the bishop any right or duty of or incidental to the office of priest or deacon, as the case may be.

A notice suspending a priest or deacon under F1paragraph (1) shall be in form 13a in the Schedule F2... and may specify any rights or duties which by leave of the bishop are not suspended.