‘Please, venerables, I ask the Sangha to listen. I know about an offense, but not who the offender is. If the Sangha is ready, it should set aside the offense and then do the invitation ceremony.’ They should say to him, ‘The Buddha has laid down a rule that the invitation ceremony is for monks who are pure. If you know the offense, but not the offender, then say now who it is that you suspect.’ It may happen on the invitation day that a monk announces in the midst of the Sangha: ‘Please, venerables, I ask the Sangha to listen. I know of an offender, but not what the offense is. If the Sangha is ready, it should do the invitation ceremony without the offender.’