The lifting of “pontifical secrecy” and the relationship between the state and Church systems of justice in the subject matter of sex offences against minors

• Authors: Piotr Majer

Abstracts

EN

The article describes the issue of the relationship between the Catholic Church’s judicial system and the national law enforcement authorities and judiciary powers after 6 December 2019, when Pope Francis lifted the so-called “pontifical secrecy” concerning canon criminal cases of clerics accused of sexually abusing minors. After a brief outline of the regulations re- ferring to the institution of secrecy in the canonical legal order and arguments justifying the need to keep it, the author presents certain provisions on pontifical secrecy and the conse- quences of lifting it for the relationship between the state and the Church’s system of justice.

Keywords

EN

canon law; Catholic Church; canonical procedure; sexual abuse of minors; secrecy; pontifical secrecy; collaboration with civil authorities

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
• Journal: Acta Iuris Stetinensis
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 101-126

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Piotr Majer

Identifiers

DOI

10.18276/ais.2020.29-08

Biblioteka Nauki

1595853