I am curious. What would be the proper way to dispose of the host in this instance. If there is mold on it does the mold have to be removed and then the host again put in water to dissolve it. Or would the mold mean the host is now regarded as unconsecrated and can be disposed of by ordinary means. Is there anything in Canon law that says if a vomited host is no longer considered consencrated?
Or maybe this situation has never happened before and no one knows.
If the Host is still discernable as being a Host, it would need to be treated as sacred. Since the normal method of dissolving in water (followed by disposal of the water directly into the ground through a special sink) does not seem to have worked, burial would be proper.
Is there anything in Canon law that says if a vomited host is no longer considered consencrated?
No, or they wouldn't have gotten into this in the first place, would they have? Since it was spit up and still discernable (as opposed to being digested and indistingushable from normal stomach contents) was how they got into this in the first place.
Or maybe this situation has never happened before and no one knows.
The Church has been around a while. Hardly anything happens for the first time.
SD
I'm certain that there have been cases like this where reddish mold has been mistaken for flesh. This just happened not too long ago somewhere else, (a molded Host anyway, not the rest of the story).
I think at this point they could just break it up and pour it into the Sacrarium, but I don't know the official procedure.
I am glad they announced the results of the tests so quickly.