Sentence examples for function as a priest from inspiring English sources

If they were not favorable, he was not allowed to function as a priest.

The Archdiocese of New York has revoked Father Ordonez's permission to function as a priest here, said Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the archdiocese.

Since 2003, Father McGuire has been removed from active ministry and is no longer permitted to function as a priest, Mr. Langford said.

The Bishop of Salisbury has twice refused my Permission To Officiate licence, which means I'm not allowed to function as a priest in my diocese.

During one of her recent sermons at the Orange Park Presbyterian Church, Ms. Curtis spoke on Martin Luther in a personal way: "Luther coined the phrase 'the priesthood of all believers,' which is a doctrine that simply means that each and every believer, every Christ-follower, is to function as a priest to one another".

But as part of the plea bargain, criminal records show, he was given probation for five years and an "intermittent sentence" of four months in prison that allowed him to remain free on weekends, evidently so that he could continue to function as a priest.

In some areas the chief functioned as a priest, maintaining the ceremonial house and ritual objects.

If the conclusions were favorable, Egan said, the priest was returned to ministry; if they were not favorable, he was not allowed to continue functioning as a priest.

Monsignor Kavanagh was suspended in May, ordered to stop functioning as a priest and removed as vicar for development -- chief of fund-raising for the archdiocese -- and pastor of St. Raymond's, a large and prominent parish in the Bronx.

A priest found guilty would not be allowed to function or represent himself as a priest, though he might continue to receive financial support and housing from his diocese.

Wallace A. Harris, 63, remains an ordained priest in the eyes of the church, but he "will never again publicly function or present himself as a priest," Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan wrote two weeks ago in a letter to the parishioners of St. Charles Borromeo Church, on West 141st Street, where Monsignor Harris was pastor from 1989 until his suspension.