The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 65. The Prior Of The Monastery

(11) For the preservation of peace and love we have, therefore, judged it best for the abbot to make all decisions in the conduct of his monastery.
(12) If possible, as we have already established, the whole operation of the monastery should be managed through deans under the abbot's direction.
(13) Then, so long as it is entrusted to more than one, no individual will yield to pride.
(14) But if local conditions call for it, or the community makes a reasonable and humble request, and the abbot judges it best,
(15) then let him, with the advice of God-fearing brothers, choose the man he wants and himself make him his prior.
(16) The prior for his part is to carry our respectfully what his abbot assigns to him, and do nothing contrary to the abbot's wishes or arrangements,
(17) because the more he is set above the rest, the more he should be concerned to keep what the rule commands.

(18) If this prior is found to have serious faults, or is led astray by conceit and grows proud, or shows open contempt for the holy rule, he is to be warned verbally as many as four times.
(19) If he does not amend, he is to be punished as required by the discipline of the rule.
(20) Then, if he still does not reform, he is to be deposed from the rank of prior and replaced by someone worthy.
(21) If after all that, he is not a peaceful and obedient member of the community, he should even be expelled from the monastery.
(22) Yet the abbot should reflect that he must give God an account of all his judgments, lest the flames of jealousy or rivalry sear his soul.

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