Doug Holland@lemmy.world to Seattle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoJudge blocks Washington requirement for priests to report child abuse disclosed in confessionwashingtonstatestandard.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down11cross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialnews@lemmy.worldopen_christian@lemmy.ca
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkJudge blocks Washington requirement for priests to report child abuse disclosed in confessionwashingtonstatestandard.comDoug Holland@lemmy.world to Seattle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialnews@lemmy.worldopen_christian@lemmy.ca
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·5 months 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.