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. February 27. The Lateran. Pope Innocent IV writes to the master and brothers of the Hospital of Jerusalem, relating that no matter how splendid they are in the Church of God, because of human frailty some of them, both clerics and laymen, are hit with sentences of excommunication and some clerics incur marks of irregularity. On behalf of the addressees the pope was humbly asked for assistance, since traveling for absolution and dispensation could be cause for wandering and an occasion for others to murmur. Inclined by their prayers, the pope grants that the prior-priests of their order shall give absolution and dispensation to those in need as they see fit, whether the cases occurred before or after entry into the order, except in serious cases, which should be referred to the Apostolic See, provided that fitting satisfaction is done to the victims for damages and injuries.