(August 15, 2017 at 6:09 pm)Industrial Lad Wrote:Quote:If an underage child goes in there and confesses having had sex with any adult, I assume the priest doing the confession would inform the child that she/he is an innocent victim in this case, and would do whatever was necessary in his power to persuade the child to meet with him outside the confessional immediately where they can gather more detail without the seal of confidentiality. Seems like the most logical thing for any decent person to do in this case.By all means contact the police as well as social workers. Get the child the help and support they need.
But if you can break confidentiality for that (someone said they would on page 1) Also break it when a pedophile priest confesses to these crimes.
It is of roughly equal importance to stop the abuse by prosecuting them as it is to provide the victims support.
It isn't breaking confidentiality if the priest convinces the person to meet with him outside the confessional to talk about this. Because they are no longer officially in confession, it's just a counseling session at that point. But yes, they should try to do this for both the victim and the criminal. I'm not sure if they have official instructions on what to do in these cases, I'm just saying this seems like the right way to go. I'll play around on google and see if I can find if there are official instructions.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
