The defendant did not lose the right that all members of the Church have to ask that their cases, at any level, be submitted to the Holy See; but once the trial had begun, such a recourse did not suspend the jurisdiction of the local judge, unless he learned that the Holy See had actually accepted the recourse.
Optuženik nije gubio pravo da svi članovi Crkve mogu tražiti da njihovi slučajevi, na bilo kojoj razini, mogu biti predani Svetoj Stolici; no jednom kad je postupak započeo, takav tijek nije suspendirao jurisdikciju mjesnog suca osim ako on nije doznao da je Sveta Stolica zaista prihvatila takav tijek.