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Elisa K's avatar

Why can't we just say that ANY sexual contact by a priest (outside of the few cases where said priest is licitly married and engaging in contact with his canonically recognized wife) is wrong and ought to be corrected IMMEDIATELY and permanently and if a power-dynamic is present, that is an aggravating factor. Please explain to me why we need some standards that say "this instance is worse than that instance."

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Aidan T's avatar

Ed, I have a noob question about how Canon Law works. In a British or American legal system, it is considered the job of courts to decide what written law actually means. So for example, if a law says "a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State," people can have whatever opinion they like on what that means but, legally, it is for the courts to decide and stick to a meaning. Is that how Canon Law works? If a bishop in his diocese makes a judgement about how to interpret a written law and the Roman Rota agrees, is that what the definition means for everyone?

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