The Royal Commission is expected to report on the role played by canon law in child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. There is nothing more systemic than law. It has not done so yet. The report will be presented to the Australian government, not to Pope Francis. He will no doubt hear about it, just as Benedict XVI did with the Murphy Commission Report. There have been a number of submissions to the Royal Commission about canon law, including mine, and the Commission called a panel to discuss it. The previous decrees that prohibited absolution that I mentioned had specific exceptions in the case if someone is dying. Canon 982 does not have that exception, but my recollection is that there is another canon that provides for such an exception generally. For example, a laicised priest can also hear such a confession. The chances of this happening are remote.