I don't know if we're the author's appropriate target audience. I'd like to hear Fr. Trugilio from EWTN, also a canon lawyer explain the "crime" issue. He's good at that (he co-wrote, "Catholicism For Dummies" one of those yellow books intended to simplify things for average people- or real dummies like me!) Again, the author sounds to me as if he's addressing his peers...
I agree with you there.