When should a priest tell?

[Darkwind]

When should a doctor tell?

When should a lawyer tell?

When should a Politican tell?

Okay, that last may not be a good example.

 

[I.P.Freely]

When should a doctor tell?

When should a lawyer tell?

When should a Politican tell?

Okay, that last may not be a good example.

with reference to child abuse.....immediately.

 

[I.P.Freely]

Jimmy Savile Britians most prolific Pedophile was a devout Catholic, I would presume he confessed his sins on a regular basis. Perhaps the Priest he confessed too shared his taste in perversion.
Jimmy Savile and Cardinal Keith O'Brien: Britain's top Catholic cleric was friend of disgraced TV host - Mirror Online

 

[Luddly Neddite]

With the next historic UK child abuse scandal about to be investigated, there is a very strong cross party movement in parliament to make it a criminal offense not to report child abuse.

Hiding/ignoring child abuse enables it.

And what about when the priest is the abuser?

 

[Chuckt]

With the next historic UK child abuse scandal about to be investigated, there is a very strong cross party movement in parliament to make it a criminal offense not to report child abuse.

Hiding/ignoring child abuse enables it.

And what about when the priest is the abuser?

Church lawyer details cover-up claims on sex abuse

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/u...or-minnesota-archbishop-in-scandals.html?_r=0

You close your parishes:

Philadelphia Archdiocese to close 16 parishes - Philly.com

Because no one trusts anymore.

 

[BreezeWood]

oh, and of course through the centuries the church never used what was divulged in the confessional to maintain the parishioners alliance to God and the Monarchy at the cost of civil liberties ....

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