This Shannon guy is so pitiful. I really don’t want him in charge of anything in Virginia.
His weasliness (weaselitude?) in the ad claiming Cuccinelli is protecting child molestors (by not supporting forced-reporting from the confessional) is particularly egregious. With a name like "Shannon" he can't be far removed from Catholicism, and he knows damned well that an unrepentant molestor isn't even going to BE in Confession, and a repentant one is going to do what the priest tells him, which would be to turn himself in as part of his penance.
They don't just pat you on the shoulder and say "There, there, it's all right if you're really sorry", they say "This is what you need to do to fix things as much as possible" and your absolution is conditional on doing just that.