Canon 498

1. A member who is the cause of very grave imminent external

scandal or harm to the monastery, can be expelled at once from

the monastery, by the superior with the consent of the council,

having immediately put off the monastic habit.

2. The superior of the monastery sui iuris, if the case

warrants it, shall see to it that the dismissal procedure progresses in accordance with the law, or shall defer the matter to

the authority to which the monastery is subject. 3. A member

expelled from the monastery who has received a sacred order is

forbidden to exercise the order unless the authority to whom the

monastery is subject has decided otherwise.