Why is the DDF ‘clarifying’ its caseload, again?

Public scandals and poorly drafted legal texts have created an expectation that anything touching clerical sexual misconduct is the DDF’s problem

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued on Tuesday a “clarification” on the limits of its competence to prosecute canonical cases of clerical abuse against “vulnerable adults.” 

Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio, the seat of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Credit: Jim McIntosh via Flickr. CC BY SA 2.0

“The Dicastery for the Doctrine of t…