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The Vatican updated the criminal section of its Code of Canon Law Tuesday, changing Catholic Church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority. Laypersons who hold church office can similarly be sanctioned for sex crimes.
The Code of Canon Law regulates the 1.3 billion-member Catholic Church. It operates independently from secular law, and it was last updated in 1983. The changes added Tuesday took 11 years to develop.
The update penalizes criminal offenses that have never been penalized before in the Code of Canon Law. The law recognizes that adults, as well as children, can be sexually abused by priests abusing their authority, making threats, or using force. Laypersons working within the church can also be punished for sexual misconduct.
According to Pope Francis, there was “an obvious need to revise the penal legislation” because of “rapid social changes.” On the penal law, he wrote: “Indeed, it is love that requires that shepherds apply the penal system whenever necessary, observing the three purposes that make it necessary, namely restoring the needs of justice, correcting the offender, and the elimination of annoyances.”
The new law will take effect on December 8, and it will be published in L’Osservatore Romano.
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The Code of Canon Law regulates the 1.3 billion-member Catholic Church. It operates independently from secular law, and it was last updated in 1983. The changes added Tuesday took 11 years to develop.
The update penalizes criminal offenses that have never been penalized before in the Code of Canon Law. The law recognizes that adults, as well as children, can be sexually abused by priests abusing their authority, making threats, or using force. Laypersons working within the church can also be punished for sexual misconduct.
According to Pope Francis, there was “an obvious need to revise the penal legislation” because of “rapid social changes.” On the penal law, he wrote: “Indeed, it is love that requires that shepherds apply the penal system whenever necessary, observing the three purposes that make it necessary, namely restoring the needs of justice, correcting the offender, and the elimination of annoyances.”
The new law will take effect on December 8, and it will be published in L’Osservatore Romano.
The post Pope changes Catholic church law to criminalize sexual abuse of adults appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.
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Note: We don't have any responsibilities about this news. Its been posted here by Feed Reader and we had no controls and checking on it. And because News posted here will be deleted automatically after 21 days, threads are closed so that no one spend time to post and discuss here. You can always check the source and discuss in their site.