Men, women and children. Anyone. It has been like this for years and does comply with church rules. Fr. Brian said so, and he said he would not do it this way if it was his church, but this is the way it is done here. Fr. Bill, the top dog, has announced that he is leaving us. We will have a new priest next year. I have not gotten my feet washed, but back when they only did 12 men, they had my husband do it. When they started asking women, I was asked, but declined.
The rubrics, in Latin, say “vir” which is “man.”