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Article 2023
Authors / editors: Krzysztof Marek Kiełpiński
Published in: Colloquia Theologica Ottoniana
The legislator has introduced the term “vulnerable persons” to the canon law. It was implemented into the legal system of the Catholic Church only in 2019. The legislator provided a legal definition of this term. The intervening term indicates persons who have been given protecti…
DOI: 10.18276/cto.2023.39-03 · ISSN: 1731-0555
Article 2023
Authors / editors: Dariusz Mazurkiewicz
Published in: Studia Paradyskie
Due to the appearing accusations against some clergymen of sexual abuse of minors, the church legislator has been consistently tightening the canonical criminal law for many years. The purpose of this action is to ensure the protection of children and young people. This is done i…
DOI: 10.18276/sp.2023.33-09 · ISSN: 0860-8539
Article 2020
Authors / editors: Justyna Matynia-Kłos
Published in: Acta Iuris Stetinensis
The paper constitutes an attempt at presenting the views of legal scholars and commentators and the judicature on the possibility of attributing criminal liability under Article 197 of the Polish Criminal Code and Article 198 of the Polish Criminal Code to the perpetrator in the …
DOI: 10.18276/ais.2020.30-05 · ISSN: 2083-4373
Article 2020
Authors / editors: Piotr Majer
Published in: Acta Iuris Stetinensis
The article describes the issue of the relationship between the Catholic Church’s judicial system and the national law enforcement authorities and judiciary powers after 6 December 2019, when Pope Francis lifted the so-called “pontifical secrecy” concerning canon criminal cases o…
DOI: 10.18276/ais.2020.29-08 · ISSN: 2083-4373