The Role of the Promoter of Justice in Safeguarding Justice in the Church

Abstract

In the Church’s trials and processes, especially in penal and contentious cases, whenever the public good is endangered, the promoter of justice intervenes as prescribed by the law or by the nature of the matter. His primary duty is to safeguard the public good. Every diocese must have a promoter of justice who can be appointed either permanently or on an ad hoc basis, for all cases or singular cases. Whenever the law requires their presence in any trial or procedure, the acts of the case become invalid if he or she is not summoned.