RE: Australia church abuse: Priests 'must report' confessions
August 15, 2017 at 9:12 pm
(This post was last modified: August 15, 2017 at 9:13 pm by Ravenshire.)
(August 15, 2017 at 5:18 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: As far as confession goes though, I do think it should remain confidential, but that the priest taking confessions should do everything in his power to try to convince the confessee to either turn himself in, or meet with him outside of the confessional so that he can then go to the police with the information. (which I assume is already what they are instructed to do in these cases)
Do you really believe any but the smallest minority, if any at all, would say "Sure, Father. Let's take a walk down to the cop shop so I can confess to a crime that will not only get me landed in prison for years, but will also make me a social pariah for decades, if not the rest of my life, after that."
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