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Noting the 1962 document did not deal just with the confessional...


Tan, the letter is about the abuse of confession and not about the crime itself. The very first paragraph of the letter states clearly that it is specifically dealing with solicitation that takes place within the act of confession:


1. The crime of ssolicitation takes place when a priest tempts a penitent, whoever that person is, either in the act of sacramental confession, whether before or immediately afterwards, whether on the occassion or the pretext of confession, whether even outside the times for confession in the confessional or (in a place) other than that (usually) designated for the hearing of confessions or (in a place) chosen for the simulated purpose of hearing a confession. (The object of this temptation) is to solicit or provoke (the penitent) toward impure, whether by touch or by writing whether then or after (the note has been read) or whether he has had with (that penitent) prhibited and imporoper speech or activity with reckless daring (Constitution Sacrum Poenitentiae., )

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