Canon 26 A presbyter in an unlawful marriage through ignorance

A presbyter who through ignorance has been caught up in an unlawful marriage is to share in the seat, according to what has been legislated for us by the sacred canon, but to abstain from the other functions; for pardon is enough for such a one. For one who ought to tend his own wounds to bless another is incongruous; for a blessing is an imparting of sanctification; and he who does not have this, because of the transgression from ignorance, how will he impart it to another? Let him therefore bless neither publicly nor privately, nor distribute the body of the Lord to others, nor perform any other liturgical service; but, content with his precedence, let him weep before the Lord that the lawless act done in ignorance be forgiven him. For it is manifest that such an unlawful marriage will be dissolved, and the man will in no way have fellowship with her through whom he has been deprived of the sacred function.