Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify “spiritual abuse” as a new crime in order to address cases where priests use purported mystical experiences as a pretext for harming others.

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Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify "spiritual abuse" as a new crime in order to address cases where priests use purported mystical experiences as a pretext for harming others.

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Pope Francis asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify “spiritual abuse” as a new crime, to address cases in which priests use supposed mystical experiences as a pretext to harm others.
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O papa Francisco pediu ao Vaticano que estudasse se a Igreja Cat�lica deveria classificar o "abuso espiritual" como um novo crime, para abordar casos em que padres usam supostas experi�ncias m�sticas como pretexto para prejudicar outras pessoas.
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Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to decide whether the Catholic Church should classify "spiritual abuse" as a crime in cases where priests use alleged mystical experiences as a pretext to harm others, writes Reuters.

Papa Francisc a cerut Vaticanului să decidă dacă Biserica Catolică ar trebui să clasifice „abuzul spiritual” drept crimă în cazurile în care preoții se folosesc de pretinse experiențe mistice ca pretext pentru a face rău altora, scrie Reuters.

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify "spiritual abuse" as a new crime in order to address cases where priests use purported mystical experiences as a pretext for harming others.

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Vatican to Consider Classifying 'Spiritual Abuse' as New Catholic Crime

"Spiritual abuse" would be classified as a new crime in the Catholic Church. The Vatican does not rule out such a move. Pope Francis has already begun to act on the matter. How?

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Vatican Considers New Catholic Crime, Pope Says

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) –     Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify “spiritual abuse” as a new crime in order to address cases where priests use purported mystical experiences as a pretext for harming others. A statement from the Vatican’s doctrinal office announcing the move did not name any specific cases of such abuse, but the Vatican has had to deal with several in recent yea…

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