“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?
Of course they should complain, it does nothing to further justice but is a gross intrusion of the government into religious matters. If this law goes thru than confessors are unlikely to confess to such crimes during confession anyway, so whats the point? This law isn’t about catching child abusers, its about the government injecting itself into private religious matters and intentionally harassing the Catholic Church.
Priest might think he's vaguely familiar, but unless the person is involved in church activities, the priest is unlikely to know his name or details about him. Not in a church where hundreds may attend Mass.
And if this passes I guarantee to you that Catholics who have weighty sins will go to confession somewhere other than their home parish.
TALK ABOUT .... OUCH!#! BRUTAL!!