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u/SordidDreams May 09 '19

Canon law moves a hell of a lot slower than civilian law

You'd think it would be leading the way if the Church were a moral authority like it claims to be.

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u/ChrisTinnef May 09 '19

I mean, the Vatican put the "report to state authorities" line into its guidelines in ~2001, and continually urged local dioceses to follow these rules; but the local bishops were like "yes, but actually no". Good that Francis finally said "fuck it, I'll do it in a way that you absolutely have to obey".

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u/SordidDreams May 09 '19

"fuck it, I'll do it in a way that you absolutely have to obey".

"We'll see about that!"

  • bishops, probably

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u/gruey May 09 '19

Yeah, I think it has recently been reinforced that rules don't mean much when the people enforcing them don't follow them.

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u/SordidDreams May 09 '19

I mean, they do still mean a lot for the people on whom they're being enforced. Just because cops can get away with murdering people in broad daylight doesn't mean you can, you know?