Summary justice? What is an ‘extrajudicial process?’

Fewer procedural norms, but a higher bar of proof

The news broke this week that former apostolic nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano is facing formal charges of schism — the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.

Vigano was summoned by decree to appear before the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on June 20, or to send his canon l…