Is it sinful for priests or/and those in state of religion to hug women?
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Yes, it can be:
- Scandal
- So as to avoid scandal, can. 667 on enclosure prohibits certain people from entering cloisters.
- Can. 667 §4 governs how semi-cloistered nuns (i.e., those with episcopal enclosure) can be outside their convents:
§4. For a just cause, a diocesan bishop has the faculty of entering the cloister of monasteries of nuns which are in his diocese and, for a grave cause and with the consent of the superior, of permitting others to be admitted to the cloister and the nuns to leave it [their cloister] for a truly necessary period of time.
Contemplatives, who are under papal enclosure, need the Pope's permission.
- Lust
- If the hugs are done for lustful motives (cf. Summa Theologica II-II q. 154 a. 4)
- Over-familiarity
- Super Io., cap. 4 l. 6.: "nimia familiaritas, reverentiam minuit, et contemptum parit" ("over-familiarity diminishes reverence and breeds contempt")
- Sacrilege
- Just like a chalice, consecrated to hold the Precious Blood, used for a profane purpose (such as for drinking water) would be sacrilege, so, too, is "laying violent* hands on clerics or religious of either sex" or "the commission of acts of unchastity by or with a person bound by the public vow of chastity" sacrilege.
*The hugging you show in your YouTube video appears violent, forced upon her.
- Just like a chalice, consecrated to hold the Precious Blood, used for a profane purpose (such as for drinking water) would be sacrilege, so, too, is "laying violent* hands on clerics or religious of either sex" or "the commission of acts of unchastity by or with a person bound by the public vow of chastity" sacrilege.
Also, regarding your link to the The Voice show, listen to this sermon: "Sister Cristina & the Current Church Crisis."
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Is it sinful for priests or/and those in state of religion to hug women?
It is not intrinsically sinful for priests or religious to hug or be hugged by members of the opposite sex. If it were there would be well founded guidelines to be found in every diocese, seminary, house of formation, etc etc.
One can find on YouTube popes being hugged by women too.
That stated, this subject matter merits a caveat.
Although it may not be intrinsically sinful for a priest to hug a woman, it should something rarely done. More often than not, it is the priest who is the recipient of this gesture.
Prudence dictates that in order not to be tempted in such circumstances, priests should strive to avoid such occasions where they can be tempted by the Devil 😈 into committing sin!
This whole question reminds me of the story found in the Dialogues of St. Gregory the Great about how the demon tempted a bishop to sin against chastity by simply patting the back of a nun. This particular episode as recounted by Pope St. Gregory the Great would make a great Halloween story:
Chapter Seven: of Andrew, Bishop of Funda.
I know, though experience that there exists Benedictine cloistered nuns that according to their tradition will not hug anyone, they will not even shake hands with someone.
On the other end of the spectrum, I know of cloistered Poor Clare religious that will hug women visitors and shake hands with the men.
Hugs given to or received by priests or consecrated religious is not intrinsically sinful, but could be the occasion towards sin. Thus it should be frowned on, to say the least.
As side note, I have noticed that married deacons are very generous in this regards in our diocese.
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