The issue of the transfer of clergy to the secular state has undergone some changes due to the introduction of a new version of the rescript with the dispensation of the Dicastery for the Clergy. A modification of the position of the Holy See is noticeable, related to the increased concern for an active attitude in the Church of a clergyman transferred to the secular state. The aim of the article is to show the latest changes regarding the legal status of clergy after receiving, at their own request, a rescript with dispensation from celibacy and other obligations resulting from priestly ordination.