Can you admit your sins directly to God and repent of them w/o a priest? If all the priests/cleric in the world were to disappear, we could still be saved...Christ saw to that.
Might be better to ask if a priest who is more of a sinner than most of the laity can perform the blessing of the Host/serve communion/take confession/perform baptism etc...
4 posted on 12/06/2018 9:02:20 AM PST by trebb
(Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)