Priesthood, Marriage, And Laicization

[CatholicCid]

I've heard it said that Priesthood is an impediment to marriage (An ordained Priest cannot marry) while marriage is not an impediment to Ordination (Married men can be ordained).

However, can a Priest be laicized and then married? If so, how and why?

Thanks for the help.

God bless.

[cappie]

In order to obtain dispensation from sacerdotal duties, a priest must inform the Pope of his case;

The Church allows a priest to ask to be laicized because it sometimes is legitimately in the best interests of the Church and the soul of the priest that he be functionally returned good standing within the lay state. The Church may also dispense of a laicized priest's vow of perpetual celibacy; in that case, the laicized priest may marry. The seal of the priesthood, however, may never be removed. Once a priest has been validly ordained, he is a priest forever.

In order that there be no confusion among the faithful, though, the Church requires that priests who have been laicized refrain from any activity normally open to the laity in which they closely assist in the priestly functions (such as EMHC, for instance). Again, this is done in the interest of both the Church and the soul of the priest. That is why there is no conflict in the Church's permission that a laicized priest may administer the sacraments in extremity. When a soul in danger of death needs a priest, no other consideration should take precedence.