La responsabilità verso i piccoli "umiliati e offesi" tra diritto civile e diritto canonico

This essay considers whether diocese and parish could be held vicariously liable under article 2049 c.c. (Italian civil code) for child sexual abuse committed by clergy. The starting point is the judgment by Tribunale di Bolzano (21 agosto 2013, n. 679) that ruled in favour of liability and ordered to pay damages to the victims. The authors criticize the decision analyzing the requirements of vicarious liability, particularly the employment in relation to the structures of the Catholic Church and the connection of the tort to the task. It is not excluded that diocese and parish could be liable in negligence under article 2043 c.c. though and it is pointed out the relevance of the solidarity duty both in the civil society and in the ecclesiastic one