Should priests be required to report child molestation they've been informed of through confession? Discuss

Should priests be required to report child molestation they've been informed of through confession? Discuss.

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Idk but fuck religion dude

Have you ever wondered how circumcision first began? Like did some Rabbi get caught eating foreskins and just decided to roll with it?

DUDE
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Is the pedophila real, or another jewish conspiracy?

What's said in confession, stays in confession.
If I were that priest, I'd of course encourage the person to report it.

Party on Wayne

No. That violates religious codes.
Even if you put it into law, the priest would be required to lie saying that was never told to him in confession.

+ slippery slope happens as lawyers will cite this law as proof its ok and as a reason to enforce other ones that intrude on the catholic church.

What would you say to someone who cites the same logic for Muslims justifying beating their wives?

just how many priests would they have to turn over?

you know, judaism has this same feature. you don't narc out fellow jews to the police.

real question is, should protestants narc out their own to these moloch fuckers?

dude lmao why not like stop all religion like dude lmao XD refugees welcome lets get high

That they need to beat their wives back in their own fucking country

Besides,
>implying you have to be fair to all religions
This is a meme. Even the founding fathers meant Christianity to rule the US. Including the atheist/deist ones.

No.

Note that priests are allowed to withhold absolution, e.g. with the condition that the person has to give himself up to the proper authorities.

You know nothing about religious codes.

They have to now. In 2010 a bishop has been punished by the court for not reveiling secrets about child molestation given in a confession.

This is the bishop in question by the way :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Pican

god told abraham to chop his future sons' dick skins off

i think

No they don't. They specifically can't withhold absolution.

here,professional confidentiality may be broken when the integrity of a minor is at stake, so yes they are required to report this

No. priests shouldn't report anything they hear in confession. breaking confessional trust is a mortal sin.

This is a Catholic Church issue as well as legal. A priest who breaks the seal of confession is immediately excommunicated. Does Belgium have something protecting freedom of religion?

this

They already are
They can hear murders, but any kiddy diddler will have to go

The Church doesn't want another Ireland to happen

The seal of confession can be broken when a minor is at stake, user is right

seeing as how church dogma is the same as it was in 0 AD and "minor" is a modern day legal distinction that doesn't seem likely.

im not a christfag but this is basic stuff lads

Yes.
And we should flay those pedophiles alive for it.

As far as I know, they're already required to report such things to the police, and they may do so without breaking their religious vows.

>Church dogma is the same as it was in 0 AD
The tell for "I'm retarded and don't understand the two thousand years of theological development that led to today"

The year after 1 BC is 1 AD. 0 AD doesn't exist either, cunt

who gives a fuck about the Pope in his palace of gold and glistening jewels?

Has he ever read the Bible? It says to NOT wear bling.

>>Has he ever read the Bible? It says to NOT wear bling.

>layman who thinks he understands the bible better than a person whose entire life is devoted to the study and exercise of religion

If you allowed them to report crimes to the police that would be the end of confession. You'd arrest the first pedo stupid enough to confess, once word got out no pedo would ever enter the booth again. Catholic priests can't break it for anything.
They can recommend to the person that they go to the police, but they can't make it a requirement. They're not there to judge, they're just a conduit.

Required? No.
Should they? Yes.

The Catholic Church teaches that it's not even possible for dogma to change you actual retard.

That's not entirely true. They teach that we have full revelation of God's word in the scripture. That cannot change. They also teach that we do not have full understanding of scripture and that can be changed.

Some things are said to be fully revealed and unchangeable though.

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