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3. Because of the rules of the confessional

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:48 AM

Jul 2025

Nothing confessed can be told to anyone. If a priest breaks the confessional, its excommunication.

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Judge stops law that would force priests to reveal child abuse from confession [View all] cbabe Jul 2025 OP

That was a given SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #1

Not sure how that jibes with mandatory reporter laws... JT45242 Jul 2025 #2

Because of the rules of the confessional SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #3

Protestant ministers must report, imams report, rabbis report JT45242 Jul 2025 #6

Crimes observed by a priest Retrograde Jul 2025 #8

You're welcome to your opinion n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #10

Excommunication! atreides1 Jul 2025 #7

Surely he ruled the same for psychologists, right? bucolic_frolic Jul 2025 #4

Imagine being so brainwashed by religion Ritabert Jul 2025 #9