Title — 1917 Code of Canon Law
Title XXXI: Of the Manner of Proceeding against Concubinary Clerics
Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters. Each canon links to its 1983 counterpart.
If the cleric neither obeys the precept nor responds, the Ordinary, after it has been established to him that the cleric could have done this:
1° Is to suspend him from divine things.
2° Moreover, immediately to deprive a pastor of the parish.
3° But a cleric who has another benefice without care of souls, if, the bimonthly time from suspension having been completed, he has not amended himself, is to deprive him of half the fruits of the benefice; after another three months, of all the fruits of the benefice; after another three months, of the benefice itself.
Si clericus neque praecepto pareat, neque respondeat, Ordinarius, postquam sibi constiterit id clericum praestare potuisse:
1° Eum suspendat a divinis;
2° Parochum praeterea statim paroecia privet;
3° Clericum vero qui aliud beneficium sine animarum cura habet, si, exacto bimestri tempore a suspensione, sese non emendaverit, privet dimidia parte fructuum beneficii; post alios tres menses, omnibus beneficii fructibus; post alios tres menses, ipsomet beneficio.
If the cleric does not obey but adduces causes of excuse, the Ordinary must hear two examiners concerning the same.
Si clericus non obediat, sed causas excusationis adducat, Ordinarius debet super eisdem audire duos examinatores.
If, after the examiners have been heard, the Ordinary has considered that the causes brought forward are not legitimate, let him signify this to the cleric as soon as possible and give him a formal precept that he obey within a brief time to be defined by him.
Si, auditis examinatoribus, Ordinarius existimaverit allatas causas non esse legitimas, id clerico quamprimum significet eique det formale praeceptum ut intra breve tempus a se definiendum pareat.
If not even these are judged legitimate, the Ordinary is again to command the cleric that he obey the mandate within a congruous time; this time having passed uselessly, let him proceed according to the norm of can. 2177.
Si ne eae quidem iudicentur legitimae, Ordinarius clerico rursus praecipiat ut intra congruum tempus mandato obtemperet; quo tempore inutiliter transacto, procedat ad normam can. 2177.