Canons 220 and 1738 §2: Encrypted Text Messages
A vocation director of a religious institute has been accused of inappropriate sexual contact with an adult male. At the request of his provincial, the religious voluntarily turned over his computer and smart phone to the investigator. The accuser, who lives in another country from that of the accus...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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2017
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Roman Replies and CLSA Advisory Opinions 2017
Year: 2017, Pages: 54-55 |
| Further subjects: | B
Catholic church Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 220
B Data security B Catholic church Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 1738 |
| Summary: | A vocation director of a religious institute has been accused of inappropriate sexual contact with an adult male. At the request of his provincial, the religious voluntarily turned over his computer and smart phone to the investigator. The accuser, who lives in another country from that of the accused, does not with to participate in the process. Interviews with confreres who hat extensive interaction with the accuser and the examination of the computer and phone reveal no evidence of boundary violations or sexual communications. Some messages on the phone, however, are encrypted. The accused declares that those messages are not communications with the accuser. Does the religious have an obligation to give the investigator access to his Apple account in order to read the encrypted messages? |
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| ISBN: | 193220847X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Roman Replies and CLSA Advisory Opinions 2017
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