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The Catholic Church, as no other community, undertook decisive actions, in order to judge sexual abuses by clerics. The Church aims also to secure environments for raising and evangelization young people. The Society of St. Francis de Sales have also undertaken proper steps and strategies in recent years to purify its ranks, and to face the truth about minors sexual abuse. The important reference point in initial religious formation are records in the salesian Constitution upon consecrated chastity. It is also necessary to firmly apply rules included in Ratio formationis. The problem concerns proper recognition of vocation and human formation in an emotional and sexual space. Remaining in chastity requires also spiritual commitment and lifelong asceticism within the framework of so called permanent formation. However if a sexual abuse happen, it is necessary to face the problem i.e. to show compassion and help to the victims and to explain the whole truth about what had really happened. If a Salesian is guilty of a crime then, in the name of love and truth, it is necessary to apply canonical penalties. Crisis, which touched the Church and the Society of St. Francis de Sales, is an opportunity to thorough personal and communal purification. At the same time it is a reminder that only remaining in Jesus Christ- a Vine Bush can bear good fruit of apostolic service to the youth.
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Media hype about minors sexual abuse by clerics makes an impression as if the Church didn’t react to this problem. That loud and aggressive action of mass media is not true. The above article, which contains an overview of different papal speeches and documents, as well as Roman Curia’s commitment, especially Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith commitment, manifest very active and multifaceted Church’s response to the problem. It is necessary to emphasise the important influence of pope Benedict XVI. Since he was a prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith he endeavoured to conform to rules of penal canon law in a consistent and explicit way. Along with the development of the universal law the particular law came into being. It constitutes a supplement to general legislation and demands recognition from the side of The Holy See. In each situation concerning the crimes against morals committed by clergy, it is essential to face the problem i.e. to show compassion and help to the victims and to explain the whole truth about what had really happened. If a clergyman is guilty of a crime then, in the name of love and truth, it is necessary to apply canonical penalties. The important part of solving a problem is to apply formation rules consistently: a proper recognition of vocation and human formation in an emotional and sexual space. Finally, clergymen have to interpret the universal call to holiness more intensively. Crisis, which touched the Church, is also an opportunity to thorough purification of the Church and to renew commitment to apostolic holiness. Through preaching truth about God and human, and at the same time setting requirements for the worshippers, especially for the clergymen, the Church leads people to holiness and salvation.
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Sexual abuse against minors painfully hurts the entire community of the Catholic Church. The sacrament of penance and reconciliation is one of the fundamental realities in which healing the wounds of victims is carried out, as well as appealing to the consciences of perpetrators. The purpose of the article is to show the various dilemmas of the sacrament of penance and reconciliation in the context of sexual abuses of minors, especially in the light of the teaching of Pope Francis. The difficult moral issues discussed concern both confession of victims of pedophilia and perpetrators of these sins. The problem of the moral responsibility of the superiors of abusers is also raised, as well as the question of the responsibility of the entire community of the Catholic Church for shaping proper moral thinking about the sins of abuse.
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Nadużycia seksualne wobec nieletnich boleśnie ranią całą wspólnotę Kościoła katolickiego. Sakrament pokuty i pojednania jest jedną z fundamentalnych rzeczywistości, w której dokonuje się leczenie ran ofiar, a także apelowanie do sumień sprawców. Celem artykułu jest ukazanie różnych dylematów sakramentu pokuty i pojednania w kontekście nadużyć seksualnych wobec nieletnich, zwłaszcza w świetle nauczania papieża Franciszka. Omówione trudne kwestie moralne dotyczą zarówno spowiedzi ofiar pedofilii, jak i sprawców tych grzechów. Zostaje również podjęty problem odpowiedzialności moralnej przełożonych sprawców nadużyć, jak i pytanie o odpowiedzialność całej wspólnoty Kościoła katolickiego za kształtowanie właściwego myślenia moralnego o grzechach nadużyć.
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