[Loyalist]

Given the incoherence of Anglican doctrine on the Eucharist and Real Presence, which essentially leaves it up to the individual to decide if it is a holy sacrifice or a simple memorial, and the priest's formal and public apostasy signifying the intent not to consecrate as the Church teaches, I don't see how he could celebrate a valid Eucharist.

[Arthur McGowan]

Is he actually an apostate, or even a heretic. Maybe he’s just a guy who got the hots for some honey and jumped over the fence.

Seriously, his status as a renegade does not imply that he can’t confect the Eucharist. The decision to run off does not imply that he cannot form the intention to consecrate.

The fact that he CAN consecrate validly only makes his crime all the worse.