Sacramentum Poenitentiae

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Sacramentum Poenitentiae was an apostolic constitution published by Pope Benedict XIV in 1741. It is a four-page document establishing general notice of the problem of sexual abuse amongst the clergy in the Roman Catholic Church.

It was the fifth document in the canon-law book that was used to train all priests between 1918 and 1982. Specifically, the Sacramentum Poenitentiae addresses the soliciting of sex from people, including children, by priests during confession.

The document has been cited often in legal battles surrounding the sexual abuse of children by the Catholic clergy, usually as a rebuttal to church officials' claims that they were unaware of the occurrences of abuse.

References

Wall, Patrick as told to Jim Brosseau (October 2005). "The Sins of My Fathers". GQ Magazine, p. 203.
Fanning, William H. W. (1912). Solicitation. The Catholic Encyclopedia Volume XIV Online Edition.

External links

Latin text and English translation

v t e Sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church

Manifestations	By country In confession From members of orders

Consequences	Priest transfer Financial

Reception	Curial Ecclesiastic Journalistic Debate over Causes

Government responses	Ferns Report John Jay Report Ryan Commission Murphy Report

Activist groups	Duplessis Orphans Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests Voice of the Faithful

Pre-modern	Gregorian Reform Liber Gomorrhianus

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