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Opus Bono Sacerdotii Canonical Comments on Fingerprinting

The policy of fingerprinting clergy is becoming more common in the US (see the article To Volunteer at Church, First be Fingerprinted in Case Studies Section of this website).

We are not aware of any canonical challenges to such a policy. Whether one considers it prudent or not, it would seem to be within a bishops legislative power to establish a diocesan policy requiring it.