ECC Constitution,
SubCanon 6
Subcanon 6: Termination of Faculties of Clergy
When clergy faculties are terminated the faith community is to be notified by the local Ordinary within 72 hours by telephone or e-mail, and by formal letter within one week.
- Faith Communities must remove clergy from staff positions within 30 days if their faculties are terminated without cause. Faith Communities who do not follow this shall be placed on probation status without voting rights for a period of three months, with termination of membership in the Communion after three months of failure to conform to this canon.
- An immediate administrative leave is required for those clergy accused of sexual misconduct, physical assault, homicidal or suicidal threat, homicidal or suicidal attempt, allegations of fraud or major psychotic episode.
- Termination of clergy faculties is immediate for conviction of a crime of sexual or physical assault, sexual or physical abuse of a minor or dependant elder, or a psychiatric episode in which there is a professional psychiatric determination of the inability to perform duties.
Parishes must remove clergy from staff positions immediately, if their faculties are terminated with cause. Parishes which do not follow this shall be placed on probation status without voting rights for a period of three months, with termination of membership in the Communion after three months of failure to conform to this canon.
Petitions for the restoration of clergy faculties are administered in accordance with Canon 57.
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