Rule 61A Suspension of a priest or deacon following conviction for a criminal offenceF1

(1)

Where a priest or deacon holding any preferment in a diocese is convicted of any criminal offence referred to in section 30(1)(a) of the Measure 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 F2paragraph (1) shall be in form 14a in the Schedule F3... and may specify any rights or duties which by leave of the bishop are not suspended.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Rules 61A, 61B inserted (1.2.2014) by The Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1917), rules 16, 37(2); 2014 No. 2, s. 2
F2: Word in Rules substituted (13.7.2021) by The Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/557), rules 1(2), 14(a)
F3: Words in rule 61A(2) omitted (13.7.2021) by virtue of The Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/557), rules 1(2), 13(7)