RE: Australia church abuse: Priests 'must report' confessions
August 14, 2017 at 12:48 pm
(This post was last modified: August 14, 2017 at 2:25 pm by Anomalocaris.)
CL:
What value is a confession where the confessee has no intention of making meaningful restitution and take socially mandated consequences for his crime?
It's only purpose is to allow the confessee to undeservedly feel better about himself while leaving the victim just as victimized and uncompensated as before, while the church benefits from this grotesque transaction by binding the criminal more closely to the self-aggrandizing, self enriching purpose of the church.
What value is a confession where the confessee has no intention of making meaningful restitution and take socially mandated consequences for his crime?
It's only purpose is to allow the confessee to undeservedly feel better about himself while leaving the victim just as victimized and uncompensated as before, while the church benefits from this grotesque transaction by binding the criminal more closely to the self-aggrandizing, self enriching purpose of the church.
