Legal opinion on the lack of liability for the infringement of personal rights for the content of general judgements contained in sermons Cover Image

Opinia prawna w sprawie braku możliwości odpowiedzialności za naruszenie dóbr osobistych za treść ogólnych ocen zawartych w kazaniach
Legal opinion on the lack of liability for the infringement of personal rights for the content of general judgements contained in sermons

Author(s): Michał Chajda, Michał Skwarzyński
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Prawa, Prawa Kanonicznego i Administracji
Keywords: priest; sermon; personal rights; the human right to freedom of speech; human right to freedom of conscience and religion; freedom of conscience and religion

Summary/Abstract: Opinion law concerns the problem of the possibility of legal liability - liability for infringement of personal rights - to be general speech, contained in a sermon, delivered by a priest. The opinion refers to the content of the sermon of Archbishop Jozef Michalik delivered on 16th October 2013 in Wrocław Cathedral during the liturgy of the Mass. The sermon has become the basis for civil law claims for apparent infringement of personal rights. Opinion showed that in the present case there is no reason to implement liability for the infringement of personal rights. It also indicated that suing the Archbishop of and the course of the case violated the human right to freedom of speech and human right to freedom of conscience and religion.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 335-353
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish