If you are a Diocesan Admin user, you can use these instructions to grant specific staff within the diocese permission to delete sacrament records. If you are a parish administrator in a diocese that has globally activated the Delete Sacrament permission, you can use these instructions to grant specific staff in your organization (including yourself) permission to delete sacrament records.

You must have Diocesan Admin or Organization Admin access rights assigned to your login credentials to perform this task.

Delete Sacraments permission can be granted only to a staff member with an active assignment to the selected organization or diocese. For instructions on giving a staff member an active assignment, go to Give a Staff Member an Active Assignment to the Organization.

The Delete Sacraments permission, referenced in the procedure below, has limited visibility. All users with Diocesan Admin access can see it, but only parish administrators with an active assignment to the selected organization and who belong to a diocese that has globally enabled the Delete Sacrament permission can view it. For details on activating this global permission, go to Configure Global Permission to Delete Sacrament Records.

1. Click the Manage Staff tab to display the Staff List page.
2. In the staff list, select the link of the desired staff member’s name to open his or her staff record.
3. Click to put the record in edit mode.
4. Select the Access Rights tab. Then, select the ParishSOFT Modules subtab.
5. In the Family Directory group, select the Delete Sacraments checkbox.
6. Click .

The staff member can now delete sacrament records for the organization to which they are currently assigned.

Updated January 14, 2026 19:15