On April 30, 2001 the Vatican – the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) – secretly issued the “Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela”, or “Safeguarding the Sanctity of the Sacraments” which replaced the “Crimen Sollicitationis” with a policy even more secret and ruthless than before. This document now ordered a global mandate where all priestly sex crimes are to be placed under the CDF, which usually will authorize the bishops to conveniently conduct trials themselves. However, clerical homosexuality is not even mentioned.
Click here to view PDF document