Tuesday, June 1, 2021

New Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults, even by laity

Pope Francis, seated before an image of Our Lady, Undoer of Knots, leads an evening Marian prayer service in the Vatican Gardens May 31. (CNS/Filippo Monteforte, Reuters pool)

New Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults, even by laity

by Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press
Jun 1, 2021 ncr

Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority and to say that laypeople who hold church office can be sanctioned for similar sex crimes.

 

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