Note 624 — Chapter III · ABUSE OF POWER BY THE MINISTER OF THE SACRAMENT
Richard F. (Richard Frederick) Clarke translation
S. Alph. Lib. VI. n. 698. They are not bound to denounce: (a) when the solicited person has already given the information; (b) when they would suffer great detriment by so doing, except in the case of a priest of great influence who had already solicited many persons; (c) when the person soliciting is related to them within the fourth degree. Cf. Mazzotta, l. c. Tr. 2, Disp. 1, Q. 1, cp. 2, Sect. 4; Ballerini, Op. Theol. Mor. l. c. n. 1136 ss.