1. Incardinatio clerici iudicium praerequirit utilitatis in Ecclesiam, et hinc inde clericus, semel ordinatus, idoneus praesumitur ad officium vel munus ecclesiasticum accipiendum. Eiusmodi autem praesumptio cedit veritati.
2. Iure atque officio obstringitur dioecesanus Episcopus inquirendi super habilitate suorum sacerdotum ad munera ecclesiastica obeunda atque exercenda: omnino tamen denegandum est eiusmodi legitimum finem consequendum esse mediis quae violant «ius cuiusque personae ad propriam intimitatem tuendam» (can. 220).
3. Denuntiatio seu assertio delicti nullimode par est ad clericum sustentatione necessaria privandum, uti, a fortiori, apparet ex can. 1350, § 1.
4. Clerico, dioecesi adscripto per incardinationem, atque ministerio ecclesiastico illic exercendo sese haud subtrahenti aut saltem non declinanti, qui ob rationes psychicas haud idoneus ad officium seu munus ecclesiasticum inveniatur, ipse iis assimilandus est de quibus in can. 281, § 2, cum iure scilicet ad sustentationem ibi statuto.
5. Refectio damnorum in re non subicitur probato dolo aut culpae, sed necessarium consectarium est unius declaratae illegitimitatis actus impugnati.
6. Duplex exstat auctor actus illegitimi declarati, nempe sive Episcopus sive Dicasterium Curiae Romanae, adeo ut solidalis obligatio exsurgat pro iisdem reparando damno. Si vero dioecesis in damno inferendo sese locupletare valuit, nempe quod apud se retinuit pecuniam haud solutam, sed solvendam, uni tantummodo dioecesi obligatio damnum reparandi incumbit. | 1. The incardination of a cleric presupposes a judgment as to his usefulness for the Church, and therefore the cleric, once ordained, is presumed to be fit to receive an ecclesiastical office or task. This presumption can then yield to the truth.
2. The diocesan Bishop has the right and the obligation to investigate the ability of his priests to assume and exercise ecclesiastical duties; however, it must be absolutely excluded that this legitimate aim can be pursued by means which violate "the right of every person to defend his own privacy" (can. 220).
3. A crime reported or asserted in any way can deprive the cleric of the necessary sustenance, as it appears a fortiori in can. 1350, § 1.
4. A cleric, incardinated in a diocese, who does not shirk the exercise of his ministry or at least does not refuse it, and who for psychological reasons is not suitable for ecclesiastical offices or tasks, must be treated in the same way as those mentioned in can. 281, § 2, including the right to sustenance established in the same paragraph.
5. The obligation to make reparation for damages does not depend on proof of fraud or fault, but follows immediately from the mere declaration of the unlawfulness of the contested act.
6. There is a twofold author of the unlawful act declared, namely the Bishop and the Dicastery of the Roman Curia, so that a shared obligation to make reparation arises for both. In the event that the diocese, by inflicting the damage, has been able to enrich itself, that is to say, has saved the money it was supposed to give and has not given, only the diocese has the obligation to repair the damage. |
