Australia church abuse: Priests 'must report' confessions

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You mean - the right the church has to protect child rapists.

Are you so foolish to think that only priest commit crimes and confess to other priests? I know you've probably baked most of your brain cells but if you think real hard you might see a broader application that could have very deep and long reaching implications for everyone of that religion.

If Government can undermine a sacrament or interfere with how religion works then you've just given up a core right to believe what you want. Which is all fine and good now, but what happenes in 40 years whe the morality pendul

Now what happens when the gub-ment can force the church to reveal anyone's confessions? People will simply stop confessing.

Good.

So then what happens when soceity swings and these laws are implace and your morality is now what is on the chopping block?

Now at least you have some over site and some disciplinary action taken from with in the church, force the confessions.. you will have nothing.

No - now we have nothing. Pedophiles "disciplining" pedophiles - that's something only brainwashed morons would call justice. F*ck the confessions - the church is going to have to find some other ways to spy on its flock.

Not everyone in the church is a pedophile, and if you remember a little while back pope what's his face defrock like 400 priests world wide, which is all but painting a scarlet A on their faces for society to seek their vengeance...

But I guess blood thirsty douche bags don't remember stuff like that.

OK, not every priest/whatever the position, is a pedophile. Let's move on from that, and I'll ask every religious person on this site a simple question. Your son/daughter comes to you with information about how they were sexually "mistreated" by one of the clergy. Now, tell me how your viscera are not twisted into knots for what your child has gone through, and go forgive the perpetrator. And don't go to the secular authorities, because they don't have authority over your selected clergy. Really? If this is the case, you ought to reconsider reproducing in the first place. Am I only going to get crickets?

ETA- not enough got defrock (sic), obviously.