Title XII: Of Delicts against Religion

One who has thrown away the consecrated species or carried them away or retained them for an evil end is suspected of heresy; he incurs latae sententiae excommunication reserved in a most special manner to the Apostolic See; he is by the fact itself infamous, and a cleric moreover is to be deposed.

Priests who against the prescriptions of can. 806, Sec. 1, 808 have presumed to repeat Mass on the same day or to celebrate it not fasting, are to be suspended from the celebration of Mass for a time to be predefined by the Ordinary according to the diverse circumstances of things.

One not promoted to the priestly order:

1° If he has simulated the celebration of Mass or heard a sacramental confession, he contracts excommunication by the fact itself, reserved in a special manner to the Apostolic See; and besides, if indeed a layman, let him be deprived of pension or function, if he has any in the Church, and be punished by other penalties according to the gravity of the fault; but if a cleric, let him be deposed.

2° If he has usurped other priestly functions, let him be punished by the Ordinary according to the gravity of the fault.

One who has blasphemed or committed perjury outside judgment is to be punished by the prudent judgment of the Ordinary, especially if a cleric.

Those who have offended against the prescription of can. 827, 828, 840, Sec. 1, are to be punished by the Ordinary according to the gravity of the fault, not excluding, if the matter bears it, suspension or privation of benefice or ecclesiastical office, or, if there is question of laymen, excommunication.

One who has practiced superstition or perpetrated sacrilege is to be punished by the Ordinary according to the gravity of the fault, without prejudice to penalties established by law against certain superstitious acts or sacrileges.

One who makes false relics, or knowingly sells, distributes, or exposes them to the public veneration of the faithful, contracts by the fact itself excommunication reserved to the Ordinary.

Those making gain from indulgences are struck by the fact itself with excommunication simply reserved to the Apostolic See.

One who has violated bodies or graves of the dead for theft or another evil end is to be punished with a personal interdict, is by the fact itself infamous, and a cleric moreover is to be deposed.

Violators of a church or cemetery, of whom in can. 1172, 1207, are to be punished by the Ordinary according to the gravity of the delict with interdict from entrance into a church and with other congruent penalties.