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Offline Geremia

SSPX, indult, sedevacantist seminarians, priests with annulled marriages?
« on: February 12, 2021, 02:38:21 PM »
Are there SSPX, indult, or sedevacantist seminarians or priests with annulled marriages, or do these groups not allow such men into the priesthood?
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Offline Yeti

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Re: SSPX, indult, sedevacantist seminarians, priests with annulled marriages?
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2021, 03:25:46 PM »
Probably not, but they would be more likely to accept someone like that as a lay brother or lay assistant. That sort of life helps priests spread the Faith, since it frees them up from practical concerns so they can devote their time to the good of souls. There are many places where the priests can't do as much for souls as they would like because they don't have anyone to pick up the slack on more mundane tasks. Lay brothers can be an enormous benefit, in a hidden way, in the work of saving souls.
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Offline SeanJohnson

Re: SSPX, indult, sedevacantist seminarians, priests with annulled marriages?
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2021, 04:15:44 PM »
Quote from: Geremia on February 12, 2021, 02:38:21 PM
Are there SSPX, indult, or sedevacantist seminarians or priests with annulled marriages, or do these groups not allow such men into the priesthood?
Not sure, but I do know that FSSP seminarians who receive the subdiaconate, then leave the seminary, are permitted to marry, on the pretext that there is no real subdiaconate (whereas SSPX -and presumably sede?- seminarians are expected to live single/celibate lives, though they may (?) be dispensed from their obligation to pray the Breviary).
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Offline SimpleMan

Re: SSPX, indult, sedevacantist seminarians, priests with annulled marriages?
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2021, 04:43:08 PM »
Quote from: Geremia on February 12, 2021, 02:38:21 PM
Are there SSPX, indult, or sedevacantist seminarians or priests with annulled marriages, or do these groups not allow such men into the priesthood?
Just out of sheer curiosity, would there be any canonical reason for not allowing them, either 1917 Pio-Benedictine CIC, or 1983 CIC?

If it were indeed a legitimate annulment, even under the older norms, if they were never married, then they were never married, as long as they don't have minor children for whom they are responsible, end of story, right?  

Or would their (obvious) lack of virginity, or that and having children (in the latter case above) technically out of wedlock (yes, I know, children of putative marriages are regarded as legitimate at least under the 1983 CIC, but still...), be held against them?  In either the 1917 or the 1983 CIC?
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Offline Yeti

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Re: SSPX, indult, sedevacantist seminarians, priests with annulled marriages?
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2021, 05:26:43 PM »
The whole scenario seems unlikely. How would he not have children to support? And no alimony? I guess it could happen, but there would also be a scandal factor of someone with a failed marriage. Then you'd also have to wonder how old someone would be by that time in his life. Seminaries often have a maximum age at which they will accept a candidate.
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