Category: Instruction

Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
Canon Law

1962 document orders secrecy in sex cases. Many bishops unaware obscure missive was in their archives

1962 document orders secrecy Title: 1962 document orders secrecy in sex cases. Many bishops unaware obscure missive was in their archives Author: John L. Allen Jr. Publication: National Catholic Reporter NCRonline.org Date: 07AUG2003 A 1962 Vatican document ordering secrecy in cases of sexual misconduct by priests is not, according to canon lawyers, a “smoking gun”

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Instruction Crimen Sollicitationis
Canon Law

Instruction on the manner of proceeding in cases of Solicitation (Crimen Sollicitationis)

Instruction Crimen Sollicitationis To be kept carefully in the Secret Archive of the Curia for internal use. Not to be published or augmented with commentaries. Title: Instruction on the manner of proceeding in cases of Solicitation (Crimen Sollicitationis) Author: Pope John XXIII, Cardinal Ottaviani Publisher: Vatican Polyglot Press 1962 PRELIMINARY MATTERS 1. The crime of

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Instruction crime of solicitation
Canon Law

Instruction on the manner of proceeding in cases of Solicitation

Instruction crime of solicitation Title: Instruction on the manner of proceeding in cases of Solicitation (Crimen Sollicitationis) – Typed document with Appendices Author: Pope John XXIII, Cardinal Ottaviani Publication: The Vatican Press Date: 16MAR1962 Instruction cases of Solicitation From the Supreme and Holy Congregation of the Holy Office. For all Patriarchs, Archbishops, Bishops and other

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