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Slater, Manual of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, E.—Excommunications Reserved to No One

n. 1.

From a censure which is not reserved any confessor in the tribunal of Penance, and outside the tribunal of Penance anyone who has jurisdiction over the culprit in the external forum can give absolution (Can. 2253).