Canon rules baby. Canon rules!
Did I tell you? Did I. Your earthly laws are no match for the vatican.
A Joliet-area (Illinois) priest Rev. F. Lee Ryan was reinstated despite allegations of sexual abuse. Lee's parishioners wanted Rev. Ryan despite the fact that he may have had sex with a 14-year-old boy. But the relationship continued until he was sixteen. So, according to vatican canon law: NOT GUILTY!
This is real love. Real love. Go do some more god's work
"Bishop Conlon's spokesman told the Tribune that the Vatican cited Canon No. 2359 in the 1917 Code of Canon Law to explain why the priest was not found guilty of violating church law. The code stipulates that a cleric who violates the commandment forbidding adultery, by indecently touching a person under the age of 16, has committed a canonical crime.
Though the victim said a church official told him over the phone that age was the key issue, the diocese did not explain why the accuser's claim did not meet the criteria."
Rev. Ryan is happy as he learns love is a two-way street.
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