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Second Canonical Letter to Amphilochius
St Basil the Great, NPNF II.14; summary
Chapter 30
That they who steal women, and their accomplices, be not admitted to prayers, or be co-standers for three years. Where no violence is used, there no crime is committed, except there be lewdness in the case. A widow is at her own discretion. We must not mind vain pretences.