A Topic of Moral Theology
Direct violation of the seal (Can. 2369)
The excommunication incurred by the confessor's direct violation of the sacramental seal.
Penalty for The Seal of Confession — in Penance and Confession
In the index as Seal of Confession · Apostasy · Confession certificate · Confessor · Heresy · Sacramental seal · Testimony · Violation
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, A.—Excommunications Very Specially Reserved to the Holy See, n. 6 — Canon 2369 IV. Confessarium qui sigillum sacramentale directe violare praesumpserit, manet excommunicatio specialissimo modo Sedi Apostolicae reservata; qui vero indirecte tantum, obnoxius est poenis [suspensionis a cele… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fourth Part: On the Minist…, Question Three: On the Dut…, Article III: On the Duties after the Act of Confession, n. 630 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XIX, Chapter IV. On Censures in Individual Delicts, n. 1006 — It can be that others are bound by the seal. In this canon there is treatment only of the confessor violating the seal directly. Direct violation of the seal consists in the express revelation of matter known under the s… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Excommunications Very Specially Reserved to the Holy See — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)