And likely the person speaking there was misusing the term, "canon law."
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5822185180001/massive-sex-abuse-scandal-hidden-by-catholic-church-unveiled
Right at the beginning ... 1:17 or so is the statement that clergy is protected from accusations, by secrecy. Same term is used again shortly thereafter. Speaker is Mitchell Garabedian
Thanks for the cite, I’ll check it out.
I am not a priest, bishop, and M-O-O-N knows, certainly not the Pope, but I highly suspect that someone misspoke. Oh, I’m an former Catholic school girl, but the only student/teacher sex scandal I know of happened when I had to go to a public school...and thankfully, not to me!