You realize confessions are anonymous right? What secret is there to keep? This law will do nothing to bring child abusers to justice.
“You realize confessions are anonymous right? What secret is there to keep?”
I’m sorry, but that’s just naive. If you don’t think a priest can figure out who is on the other side of that flimsy little barrier, then I have a few bridges you would probably be interested in buying.
Not to mention that priests will invoke the seal of the confessional even if someone confesses something to them face-to-face where they know exactly who is confessing. So the claim of anonymity in that case is null.
“This law will do nothing to bring child abusers to justice.”
Then there’s nothing for the church to complain about, is there?