• squid64@lemmy.ca
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      12 hours ago

      Does any of that happen today though? And yes the Catholics have done some horrible things in the past like the crusades and the inquisition. I am not saying that didn’t happen. But I am talking about the present day.

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        The US just voted down a bill that would require religious institutions to report child rape that they are currently not required to report.

        So yes

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            Is there an updated version of Poe’s law where instead of being unable to distinguish conservative posters from trolls, it’s being unable to distinguish between AI bots and uninformed-yet-strongly opinionated trolls? I honestly can’t tell if you are specifically intending to be obtuse and ignorant, or if you really aren’t aware of the multitudes of recent church scandals. If it’s the latter, then I’d love to know which rock you’re living under and if there’s enough room for me, because it must be much nicer under there than it is out here.

            You’re on the internet, the entirety of human knowledge is at your fingertips. This specific info is just a search and a few moments of light reading away, but just in case you’re actually a real person and are asking out of sincere curiosity, here’s a few links for you to check out: https://nypost.com/2025/07/18/us-news/judge-blocks-washington-state-law-requiring-catholic-priests-to-report-abuse-even-if-disclosed-in-confession/

            Meanwhile, France and other EU nations are done with allowing the church to assist with covering up and hiding crimes under the guise of clergy-penitent privs. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/12/catholic-priests-france-report-abuse-allegations-confession

            …and if you’re curious about why most of the world wants clergy to be made mandatory reporters, here’s a short list of modern sex abuse scandals involving clergy; though this is far from exhaustive and only focuses on the Catholic church. There are a lot more cases out there from all religions and denominations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases_by_country

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              You are calling me ignorant when you yourself are ignorant about Catholicism. Priests must never disclose any confession people make to them. If you were better informed you wouldn’t make such comment. Just show how ignorant people are here about religion. Confessions are to be kept private and can never be disclosed to anyone. Even if a murderer confess killing someone, the priest must keep quiet. Because telling to others about what they heard in confession could get them excommunicated. They are meant to be private, not for the world to see and then the priest ask God to forgive the people for their sins. It’s not the priest’s duty to abandon their faith because some rapist confessed their sins. Though priest do recommend those people to go to the police.

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              9 hours ago

              Thanks for trying. The rose colored glasses are twice as thick these days. I honestly can’t tell if they are a troll or not but you spent some effort here for the record.