In individual cases where a disputed matter in the Church between the applicant and the accused cannot be resolved by peaceful means or fraternal correction or rebuke or other means of pastoral solicitude, the ordinary (eg. diocesan bishop) may, after has knowledge, which at least seems true, of delict, initiate judicial or administrative penal trial. Before choosing a judicial or administrative penal trial, the ordinary shall consult with experts of the canon law. Even if the accused is suspected of a serious crime of sexual abuse of a minor (delicta graviora), the ordinary may, for justified reasons (eg. to provide more suitable for ecclesiastical discipline), institute administrative penal trial and end it with an extrajudical decree ordering the penalty to the perpetrator of a delict. However, if it is clearly established that the accused one did not commit the delict, the ordinary will absolve him by an extrajudicial decree. In this article, we highlighted the pros and cons of the administrative penal trial
to restore justice in the Church.
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