New Vatican law criminalises abuse of adults, even by laity
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June 01, 2021 15:40 IST
The new provisions were contained in the revised criminal law section of the Vatican’s Code of Canon Law
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Pope Francis leads the prayer to mark the end of the month of worldwide prayers to stop the pandemic in the Vatican gardens on May 31, 2021.
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The new provisions were contained in the revised criminal law section of the Vatican’s Code of Canon Law
Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly criminalise the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority and to say that laypeople who hold church office can be sanctioned for similar sex crimes.