Can you give instances where Canon Law obliged one to turn oneself in to the Civil Authorities in order to obtain absolution? I admit that it is possible as some sins are reserved but cannot think any situation.
What if the penalty for 'child abuse' in a jurisdiction is deemed to be inhuman? How can a confessor condemn a penitent to an inhuman punishment which the UN has deemed inhuman by withholding absolution?
Canon Law applies over boundaries.