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CHAPTER III.

THOSE ON WHOM THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK IS TO BE CONFERRED

Can. 1004 §1. The anointing of the sick can be administered to a member of the faithful who, having reached the use of reason, begins to be in danger due to sickness or old age.

§2. This sacrament can be repeated if the sick person, having recovered, again becomes gravely ill or if the condition becomes more grave during the same illness.

Can. 1005 This sacrament is to be administered in a case of doubt whether the sick person has attained the use of reason, is dangerously ill, or is dead.

Can. 1006 This sacrament is to be conferred on the sick who at least implicitly requested it when they were in control of their faculties.

Can. 1007 The anointing of the sick is not to be conferred upon those who persevere obstinately in manifest grave sin.

Code of Canon Law

[Mrs. Don-o]

I do wonder whether there's a difference between

1. an active obstinate perseverence in manifest grave sin, and
2. lack of a (publicly) manifest repentance.

If, in extremis, he confessed his sin and repented, we would not know because the priest would be unable to tell us--- isn't that true?

I'm not saying I've seen or heard any evidence of this. I'm just saying it's possible.

And even if it were so --- as I said before --- they should have had a private funeral Mass with family only: not the ostentatious display which had the appearance of moral indifference and gross sacrilege, and which scandalized so many.