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To: Land of the Irish
So let's see, some in the Novus Ordo say the 1962 document merely codifies the teaching of the Catholic Church dating back to 1917.

Say what???

First off, the "Novus Ordo" is the unofficial name given by some for the Roman Missal promulgated by Pope Paul the VI in, I don't know, 1970? It refers to the Liturgy of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, revised after Vatican II.

If you want the teachings of the Church, refer to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Canon Law is, well, laws of the Church. These deal with a whole host of issues, including very mundane and regulatory types, realities needed by the Church, or any organization for that matter. They include disciplinary issues as well. Exactly like the State you live in, except these are for the particulars of the Church. It shouldn't surprise you that laws change over time as needed - just like civil laws. Canon law went through a big revision in 1983 following Vatican II from the previous revision done in 1917 some 65 years earlier. Whats hard to understand about that?

The paper in question dealt with one issue and one issue only: The abuse by Priests within the context of hearing confessions to solicit sexual favors from penitents. I'm no canon lawyer, and I suppose few are, but it makes perfect sense that the Church has a law dealing with the discovery, adjudication, and punishment of this abuse. I suppose the specifics are slightly different now than they were in '62.

?? This whole article is much ado about nothing other than introducing the canonical term "solicitation" into most peoples vocabulary, and allowing shyster lawyers to wage a PR campaign against the Catholic Church.

313 posted on 08/08/2003 7:54:33 PM PDT by TotusTuus
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To: TotusTuus
The paper in question dealt with one issue and one issue only: The abuse by Priests within the context of hearing confessions to solicit sexual favors from penitents.

Nope.

"73. To have the worst crime, for the penal effects, one must do the equivalent of the following: any obscene, external act, gravely sinful, perpetrated in any way by a cleric or attempted by him with youths of either sex or with brute animals (bestiality)."

Once again, you are wrong. I'm tired of reposting this. Why don't you just read the entire document for yourself before you step up on your soapbox?

314 posted on 08/08/2003 10:43:48 PM PDT by Land of the Irish
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