A Topic of Moral Theology

Solicitation in confession

The crime of solicitation, the obligation to denounce it, and false accusation.

Within this topic

Penalty False denunciation of solicitation (Can. 2363) — in Excommunications Specially Reserved to the Holy See · Omitting to denounce solicitation (Can. 2368 § 2) — in Excommunications Reserved to No One

Also asked about as…

priest making advances in confession · priest sexual advances (ed.)

In the index as Solicitation · Solicitation in Confession (Sollicitatio in Confessione) · Denunciation of solicitation · Solicitation to shameful things in confession · Denunciation · Confessor · Denunciation of a sinner · Personal · Solicitation to base things · Solicitation to sin in the confessional · Those Soliciting · Benedict XIV · Delegation · False accusation of solicitation · A confessor admitting to first Communion · Absolution from a censure, in the external forum, internal forum · Accomplice · Confessional · Contrition or attrition of the penitent · Excusing causes · Abjuration · Absolution · Accusation · Bishop

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. III, Q. II, Article Four. Concerning Solicitation in Confession., nn. 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379 & 380 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. VI, Chapter XI. De Abusu Sacramenti Poenitentiae, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § III. On Solicitation to Shameful Things, n. 416 — The principal ecclesiastical documents which pertain here are: I. The Constitution Cum sicut nuper of Pius IV; the Constitution Universi gregis of Gregory XV, to which the Holy Office added sixteen responses on February … Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. IV, On the Constitution *Sacramentum Poenitentiae*, nn. 1251–1300 (50 passages)

Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)

169. Solicitation to Shameful Things, nn. 1 & 2 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On the Constitution *Sacramentum Poenitentiae*, nn. 1251, 1252, 1258, 1272, 1273, 1277 & 1278 (93 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. II, Treatise On the Sacrament …, Pt. III, Ch. I, Art. III, Appendix II. On Solicitation in Confession, nn. ¶1, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597 & 598 (41 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter II: On the Confessor, nn. 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 597 & 598 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. V, Ch. II, § 5. On the Accidental Obligation of Denouncing, nn. 603, ¶1, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614 & 615 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. V, Ch. III, Art. IV, § 2. On Solicitation to Shameful Things, nn. 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467 & 468 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. V, Diss. III, Ch. II, Art. III, § 2. On Denouncing The Crime Of Solicitation, nn. ¶1794, ¶1, ¶1795, ¶1796, ¶2, ¶1797, ¶1798, ¶3, ¶1799 & ¶1800 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE SACRAMENT …, PART THIRD: ON THE MINISTE…, APPENDIX II: ON SOLICITATION IN CONFESSION, nn. ¶1407, ¶1408, ¶1409, ¶1410, ¶1411 & ¶1412 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Ch. V, Question First: Concerning the Absolution of an Accomplice in a Base Sin, n. ¶3902 — But if besides, on the occasion of confession, he had been solicited to sin, the following question would have force.Read in context →

Ch. V, Question Second: Concerning the Solicitation of a Penitent to Base Things, nn. ¶3903–¶4062 (160 passages)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fourth Part: On the Minist…, Question Four: On the Abus…, Article II: On the Solicitation of a Penitent to Shameful Things, nn. 639, 640, 641, 643, 644 & 646 (82 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. III, Ch. I, Art. III, § II. On Absolution of Reserved Cases, nn. 786, 787, 787, Q. 2, 787, Q. 3, 787, Q. 4, 787, Q. 5, 787, Q. 6, 787, Q. 7, 787, Q. 8, 787, Q. 9, 787, Q. 10, 787, Q. 11 & 787, Q. 12 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. I, Chapter I — Propositions condemned by the Holy See, nn. 7 & VII (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Diss. IV, Chapter V — On solicitation, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X & XI (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

On the Morals of To-Day

Chapter V: False Accusation of Solicitation and the New Code, nn. ¶135–¶153 (19 passages)

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On the Sacrament of Penance, Faculties and Privileges o…, 9 March 1870), n. ¶54 — N. 598. - On Denunciation to Be Made to Apostolic Vicars in the Matter of Solicitation. "Whether Apostolic Vicars without a special faculty can receive denunciations in the matter of solicitation to shameful things, and whether, denunciations of this kind having been received, they are bound to refer them t… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading The Office of the Confessor — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Vermeersch, On Chastity · The Roman Catechism · The Casuist · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)