Obligations of Clerics and Religious

.192        In issuing an appointment to a cleric or a professed religious of the Roman Catholic Church, the University recognizes not only the professional qualifications of the appointee but also the public effects of the appointee’s status as an ordained cleric or professed religious, which include primary obligations to ecclesiastical superiors and observance of the provisions of Canon Law. If a Roman Catholic cleric loses clerical status under any canonical condition that requires his resignation from the University, or if such resignation is required as the result of an ecclesiastical process determining that he no longer may function as a Roman Catholic cleric, or if the cleric or a professed religious is recalled by his or her legitimate ecclesiastical superiors even without cause, the University’s contractual obligations shall become void.