Detraction
In Roman Catholic theology, detraction is the sin of revealing another person's faults to a third person without a valid reason.[1][2] This differs from the sin of calumny and the civil wrong of defamation, which generally involve false accusations rather than unflattering truths.
As in the case of stealing, detraction is a sin which demands restitution, even though rebuilding a victim's reputation may be nearly impossible.[2] A commonly cited parable in this regard concerns a priest, often said to be Philip Neri, who gave a woman who had confessed to spreading gossip the penance of retrieving feathers that had been scattered on the wind—a task as impossible as undoing the damage she had done.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Catechism of the Catholic Church, § 2477–2479
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