Doug Holland@lemmy.world to Seattle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoJudge blocks Washington requirement for priests to report child abuse disclosed in confessionwashingtonstatestandard.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkJudge blocks Washington requirement for priests to report child abuse disclosed in confessionwashingtonstatestandard.comDoug Holland@lemmy.world to Seattle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·9 days agoYes yes, that sounds good, but think for a few more minutes. If the secrecy is legally disallowed, no one will confess it. Which is better: never hearing about it, or giving the priest the chance to intervene and report on their own.
Yes yes, that sounds good, but think for a few more minutes.
If the secrecy is legally disallowed, no one will confess it. Which is better: never hearing about it, or giving the priest the chance to intervene and report on their own.