Can. 880

§ 1. Loci Ordinarius vel Superior religiosus iurisdictionem vel licentiam ad audiendas confessiones ne revocent aut suspendant, nisi gravem ob causam.

§ 2. At graves ob causas Ordinarius potest etiam parocho aut poenitentiario confessarii munus interdicere, salvo recursu in devolutivo ad Sedem Apostolicam.

§ 3. Non tamen licet Episcopo, inconsulta Sede Apostolica, si de domo formata agatur, omnibus alicuius religiosae domus confessariis una simul iurisdictionem adimere.

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