Secrecy concerning delicts: Canons 220; 471; 1455 and 1717
In our diocese the public relations people want to notify the media immediately of every denunciation of sexual abuse of a minor by a cleric, lest the Church be accused of a cover-up in order to protect a priest and of exposing innocent children to a sexual predator. However, the diocesan canonist h...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2006
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CLSA advisory opinions, 2001-2005
Year: 2003, Pages: 81-85 |
| IxTheo Classification: | SB Catholic Church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Procedural law
B Holy See (motif) Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 471 B Holy See (motif) Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 220 B Holy See (motif) Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 1717 B Verschwiegenheit B Holy See (motif) Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 1455 |
| Summary: | In our diocese the public relations people want to notify the media immediately of every denunciation of sexual abuse of a minor by a cleric, lest the Church be accused of a cover-up in order to protect a priest and of exposing innocent children to a sexual predator. However, the diocesan canonist has pointed out that according to the procedural norms promulgated by Pope John Paul II, "Cases of this nature are subject to the pontifical secret" ( art. 25, §1). |
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| ISBN: | 9781932208115 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: CLSA advisory opinions, 2001-2005
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