A question: does this change (or existing canon law) address the hierarchical supervision of the major superior? To whom, and how, would this uber-layperson be accountable? For example: could a cleric, having been disciplined by a major superior, make a "skip-level" appeal to another cleric?
A question: does this change (or existing canon law) address the hierarchical supervision of the major superior? To whom, and how, would this uber-layperson be accountable? For example: could a cleric, having been disciplined by a major superior, make a "skip-level" appeal to another cleric?
A question: does this change (or existing canon law) address the hierarchical supervision of the major superior? To whom, and how, would this uber-layperson be accountable? For example: could a cleric, having been disciplined by a major superior, make a "skip-level" appeal to another cleric?
The major superior's superior is the bishop of Rome, through the relevant Dicastery.