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Busch’s platforming of Francis’ opponents in the past spoke louder than any deferential words, said theologian and canon lawyer Dawn Eden Goldstein, who writes for the moderate Catholic news site Where Peter Is.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2023

He is a canon lawyer, an expert on church laws, such as those guiding Catholic annulments or disputes.

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2021

“If these guys simply left and disappeared somewhere, it wouldn’t be a problem,” said Doyle, the canon lawyer.

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2019

The Rev. Robert Zilliox, a canon lawyer, drafted the no-confidence letter.

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2019

The great medieval canon lawyer Lyndwood illustrates the difficulty of distinguishing, even as late as the middle of the 15th century, between concubinage and a clandestine, though legal, marriage.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various