Note 596 — Chapter III · ABUSE OF POWER BY THE MINISTER OF THE SACRAMENT

This results from the tenor of the Bulls “Sacrament. Pœnitent.” of Benedict XIV and “Apostolicæ Sedis” of Pius IX. A simple, non-approved priest is, per se, to be preferred to the sacerdos complex (if no defamation arises), but a sacerdos publice suspensus, excommunicatus, is not to be preferred, as it is not becoming to call such a one to the dying person, and in this case it will scarcely be possible to avoid suspicion.