# The Clergy Discipline Rules 2005, Rule 61: Suspension of a priest or deacon following arrest

Extent: E

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

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2022/rule/61 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-discipline-rules-2005/rule-61
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