Punishable Offenses Leading to the Loss of Clerical Status According to The Code of Canon Law Currently in Force
Punishable Offenses Leading to the Loss of Clerical Status According to The Code of Canon Law Currently in Force

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author presents and analyses delicts threatened by the penalty of dismissal from the clerical state according to the Code of Canon Law currently in force. In the introductory section, the author defends the validity of examining this topic, due to the reform of criminal law carried out by Pope Francis with the apostolic constitutionPascite gregem Dei of 23rd May 2021. This reform expands the catalogue of crimes which are punishable with the lifelong expiatory penalty dimissio de statu clericali. The author also provides an understanding of the concept of crime in canon law, and then, in the main part of the study, he presents and discusses individual crimes in the order corresponding to their arrangement in the revised Book VI of the Code of Canon Law devoted to penal sanctions in the Church.

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