In our parish, we have Liturgy of the Word every other Sunday, and this is led by an acolyte who has served for about 30 yrs.

Do you mean that you don’t have Mass on the Sunday that you have Liturgy of the Word with Communion?

He is fairly liberal and has done many things NOT according to Church Law. When he has to replace the Priest on a weeknight, he sometimes says and does some “different” things which I disagree with, and it means I don’t want to attend Mass the times he is presiding.

Let’s be clear here: If the acolyte is “presiding”, a term that Redemptionis Sacramentum says is never to be used for what a lay person does, it is not MASS,

Last night he once again sat everyone on chairs around the altar and proceeded with the Liturgy. At Communion time, he passed the soborium to the person next to him, and it continued to be passed around by each person. I didn’t self communicate, but just passed it on to him. Could you tell me if this is legal according to Canon law.

No, this is not the way Communion is supposed to happen. We are not allowed to pass the ciborium around like a candy dish. He should have been the one distributing Communion to the faithful.