The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 25
Canon 25 Clergy caught in grave sin are deposed, not excommunicated
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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A bishop, or presbyter, or deacon caught in fornication, or perjury, or theft, let him be deposed, and let him not be excommunicated; for the Scripture says: You shall not punish twice for the same thing. Likewise also the other clerics.
Ἐπίσκοπος, ἢ πρεσβύτερος, ἢ διάκονος ἐπὶ πορνείᾳ, ἢ ἐπιορκίᾳ, ἢ κλοπῇ ἁλούς, καθαιρείσθω, καὶ μὴ ἀφοριζέσθω· λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· Οὐκ ἐκδικήσεις δὶς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό. Ὡσαύτως καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ κληρικοί.
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