"Grave sins against chastity differ according to their object: adultery, masturbation, fornication, pornography, prostitution, rape, and homosexual acts. These sins are expressions of the vice of lust."
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Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (2006), 492. What are the principal sins against chastity?
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