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San Antonio Daily Light
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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Vicar-General Conway comments on French Court of Appeals in Amiens ruling allowing priest marriages under civil law, but asserts it holds no authority over unchanged ecclesiastical law enforcing celibacy, with penalties for violations; questions linger on civil remedies for excommunicated priests.
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In regard to the recent opinion of the Court of Appeals of Amiens, France, sanctioning the marriage of priests, Vicar-General Conway said it had no bearing on the canonical law. The ecclesiastical and civil law in France was in opposition on many points, but the decrees of the civil law were of no authority in the church and were disregarded. The decision in question is a judgment of the Civil Court and simply has the effect of making a priest's marriage legal according to the law of France. But the ecclesiastical law remains unchanged, and a priest violating the vow of celibacy will be visited with the penalties prescribed by the church. It is, however, a question as yet unsettled whether a priest who has married and is ex-communicated can resort to the civil law to reinstate him or procure damages.
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The Court of Appeals of Amiens sanctions priest marriage under civil law, but Vicar-General Conway states it does not affect canonical law, which disregards civil decrees and penalizes violations of celibacy. An unsettled question remains on whether excommunicated married priests can use civil law for reinstatement or damages.