French Cassation: Secular Judges Cannot Review Excluding Decisions by Religious Courts

French Cassation: Secular Judges Cannot Review Excluding Decisions by Religious Courts

The Court stated it could not assess the regularity or merits of a Catholic canonical verdict dismissing a deacon from the clerical state. by Massimo Introvigne The French Court of Cassation in Paris. Credits. On April 4, 2025, the French Court of Cassation rendered an important decision confirming that secular judges cannot review verdicts by ecclesiastical courts based on religious criteria and principles. Explicitly, the judges noted that thi…

According to the Catholic Church, financial irregularities occurred in a congregation in Lörrach. A clergyman is now excluded from the divine service.Because, according to a Catholic church court, he did not use donations and collections for the intended purposes and committed other offences, a former Lörrach pastor must now pay.The clergyman must not be pastorally active or take part in divine services in the relevant South Baden dean's office …