El delito contra el Sexto Mandamiento del decálogo cometido por un religioso con un menor

Abstract

The sixth command's violation of the Decalogue, by a clergy or a member of a religious institute or society of apostolic life, apart from being always a sin, is also a canonical offense. The object of our study refers exclusively to the crime committed by a religious member of a clerical religious institute of political right, whether clergy or not, that does not fulfill its obligation of sexual continence, made as a vow of chastity, with a minor. The superiors of these institutes have their own competences, so they have power of governance, and, for this reason, they are ordinary. In this article we are going to delineate what is a sexual abuse, as a canonical and civil crime, to determine which one must be the superior's actuation of these characteristics when a religious under its jurisdiction commits a crime of this kind or is simply denounced. These are fact very painful that cannot be avoided. The entire Church in general and the institutes of consecrated life in particular, are called to face this theme with clarity and seriousness needed which deserve so many people who have put their confidence in Christ throughout it.