[sinkspur]

So if someone does not seek laicization, and gets married, he is still a priest?

Yes. And, even a laicized priest retains the power of Holy Orders.

So, in case of extreme emergency, a laicized priest can hear a confession and administer the Sacrament of the Sick.

[DameAutour]

Thank you sinkspur, you have answered my question. A priest can get married and still be a priest.

The Catholic Church is consistent in this regard, when it comes to the comparison with pedophile priests.

[Conservative til I die]

This I'm not getting, and maybe you can explain it more for me as well. A priest can get married and still be a priest? So then what's the point of a required vow of celibacy if you can just break it without consequence?

I understand that most priests who marry or long to marry do the right thing and leave the priesthood, so it usually doesn't come to this, but are you saying the Church has no recourse when a priest flaunts the rules and marries anyway?