[metmom]

The use of torture, moreover is forbidden by the Church.

And when did the RCC decide that?

[annalex]

And when did the [Catholic Church] decide [to forbid torture]?

I don't know. However, the use of it in late Medieval times was the best practice of the time in the legal profession. It was never a theological decision either way. Modern Catechism forbids it on the general grounds of human dignity.

Let us be reminded that the topic on hand is the Immaculate Conception of Mary, not the Holy Inquisition or child abuse.