The New Paper

June 2, 2021

Vatican unveils series of changes to its Code of Canon Law

The Vatican unveiled a series of changes to its Code of Canon Law yesterday, including explicitly criminalizing the sexual abuse of adults (in addition to children) and widening rules to cover church laypeople.
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