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iii The Finally Professed Members:

214 The Superior General is competent to dismiss a finally
professed member. She can issue a decree of dismissal with
the consent of her Council. In order that the decree of
dismissal may be valid, in addition to other conditions, the
following conditions too are to be fulfilled.
i. That there is unwillingness on the part of the member to
reform and the reasons for dismissal are grave, culpable and
juridically proven;
ii. that the nature of the reasons of dismissal requires warning
being given, and after two warnings in writing were given
which were of no avail;

iii. That the reasons for dismissal were presented in writing
to the member, granting the member, after each warning,
full opportunity of defence;

iv. after the last warning a period of two months has to be
granted to the member.
215 Together with the documents regarding the dismissal to be
submitted to the Archeparch the written response of the
member too is to be included.

216 The decree of dismissal cannot be executed unless it is
approved by the Archeparch.
217 The decree of dismissal shall be communicated as soon as
possible to the concerned member.
218 The member can within 15 days have recourse to the
Archeparch with suspensive effect.
219 A member legitimately dismissed is ipso facto freed from
her vows and the obligations accruing from them.
220 All the documents regarding the dismissal, including the
reasons for it, shall be kept safely in the central archives of
the Congregation.

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