A Topic of Moral Theology

Those who Must Denounce

Who is bound to denounce a confessor who has solicited, and under what obligation.

Also asked about as…

must i report a priest who solicited me · obligation to denounce solicitation · reporting a priest (ed.)

In the index as Denunciation of soliciting confessors · Solicitation · Denunciation · Denunciation of a sinner · Abjuration · Confessor · Solicitation to base things · Solicitation to shameful things in confession

In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § III, Point II. On Those who Must Denounce, nn. 420 & 421 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. IV, On the Constitution *Sacramentum Poenitentiae*, nn. 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276 & 1277 (13 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. 591, 592, 593 & 594 (4 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, n. 464 — 464. 2. The Obligation of Denouncing Those Who Solicit. Since a confessor by the nefarious crime of solicitation gives the greatest scandal, by natural law itself everyone is bound to strive with all his strength that su… Read in context →

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, n. 642 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Solicitation in confession — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Morals of To-Day — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)