23.1 If after a leave of absence of one calendar year, a cleric declines or refuses to discuss their future with the local ordinary or competent major religious superior, all their clerical faculties shall be suspended, with the possibility of canonical removal from office if the cleric should remain obdurate in disobedience.

23.2 Should any cleric remain steadfast in disobedience to Theology, Doctrine, Christology, Orthodoxy, or Orthopraxis, despite the efforts of the local ordinary or competent major religious superior, such a cleric shall be placed under clerical suspension until they correct their error.

23.3 Any cleric who fails to fulfill their vow of obedience to their local ordinary regarding pastoral policies or directives and matters listed in Canon 22.2 shall be placed on clerical suspension until they correct their error and subject to Canon 12.25.

23.4 A suspended cleric who habitually declines to correct his or her error shall be canonically removed from office