▁( C amb ridge ▁University ▁Press ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁), ▁p . ▁ 3 8 9 </ ref > ▁D ifferent ▁att itudes ▁developed ▁within ▁the ▁Church ▁towards ▁the ▁la ps ed : ▁some ▁held ▁they ▁should ▁never ▁be ▁read m itted ▁to ▁the ▁Church ▁before ▁death , ▁others ▁were ▁for ▁demand ing ▁serious ▁pen ance ▁of ▁them ▁before ▁read m itting ▁them , ▁while ▁others ▁again ▁were ▁still ▁more ▁len ient . ▁The ▁First ▁Council ▁of ▁N ica ea ▁ins isted ▁that ▁any ▁cler gy ▁who ▁had ▁la ps ed ▁were ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁read m itted ▁to ▁cler ical ▁rank . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁a ▁formal ▁act ▁of ▁defe ction ▁from ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁was ▁recogn ised ▁in ▁the ▁Code ▁of ▁Can on ▁Law , ▁making ▁def ectors ▁in el ig ible ▁for ▁the ▁privileges ▁of ▁membership ▁of ▁the ▁Church , ▁such ▁as ▁marry ing ▁in ▁church . ▁This ▁form ▁of ▁defe ction ▁was ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁Code ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁possible ▁to ▁defect ▁formally ▁from ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁religion ▁question ▁on ▁the ▁Republic ▁of ▁Ireland ▁census , ▁" lapsed ▁( R oman ) ▁Catholic " ▁( a ▁write - in ▁option ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁pre - print ed ▁checkbox ▁option ) ▁was ▁coll ated ▁separately ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁when ▁ 1 , 2 6 8 ▁were ▁recorded ▁( 0 . 0 3 3