Except in connection with the sacrament of Penance, canon law imposed no legal obligation – though a moral one might exist – to denounce clerics guilty of engaging in or attempting a homosexual act; but the procedure described in Crimen sollicitationis was to be followed also in dealing with such accusations (71–72).
Osim u vezi sa sakramentom pokore kanonsko pravo nije nametalo nikakvu pravnu obvezu - iako je ona moralna mogla postojati - u denuncijaciji klerika okrivljenih za upuštanje u homoseksualni čin ili pokušaj istoga; no postupak opisan u Crimen sollicitationisu morao se slijediti također pri takvim optužbama (71-72).