Can an heretical, or schismatical, or excommunicated priest consecrate the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist?
He cannot do so licitly, but he can do so validly, for he is truly a priest; and provided he does so with the intention of doing what the Church intends in the celebration of this sacrament (LXXXII. 7).
Can a priest who has been defrocked validly consecrate?
Yes, because this degradation does not take away the character of the sacrament of Holy Orders, which is indelible (LXXXII. 8).
Can one without sinning hear the Mass of an heretical, schismatical, excommunicated, or of a notoriously unworthy priest, and receive communion from him?
It is absolutely forbidden under penalty of grave sin to hear the Mass of such a priest; or even of a notoriously bad and unworthy priest if by a public sentence the Church has deprived him of the right to celebrate; but otherwise one can hear his Mass and receive communion from him without sinning (LXXXII. 9).
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