
Why the French Bishops Have Launched the World’s First Canonical Criminal Court
Bishops will also be in charge of implementing the sentences, which can fall under three categories known by canon law.
Bishops will also be in charge of implementing the sentences, which can fall under three categories known by canon law.
Fr. Eduard Perrone will remain restricted from public ministry, the archdiocese said, and cannot present himself as a priest.
COMMENTARY: Given the ex-cardinal has been assigned the canonical penalty of a life of “prayer and penance,” it is hard to escape the impression that he has begun a sentence for crimes committed yet there has been no trial or other penal process announced.
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