Sex Abuse Of Adults By Priests Outlawed By Vatican
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2021-06-01 19:30
Sex Abuse Of Adults By Priests Outlawed By Vatican
Tuesday, June 1st 2021, 2:21 pmPope 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.The new provisions, released Tuesday after 14 years of study, were contained in the revised criminal law section of the Vatican's Code of Canon Law, the in-house legal system that covers the 1.3 billion-strong Catholic Church.The most significant changes are contained in two articles, 1395 and 1398, which aim to address major shortcomings in the church's handling of sexual abuse.

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