[MineralMan]

"So where in God's law does it say that he has to protect Child Molestors? "

Nowhere. There is no Biblical support for the seal of the confessional. Indeed, there's no Biblical support for the Sacrament of Confession.

What there is, however, is the First Amendment of the Constitution, which affirms the right of freedom of worship. The Roman Catholic Church has a doctrine about a priest's responsibility to keep confessional admissions secret.

So, circumventing that is going to be a knotty legal problem, and will be unlikely to succeed.

Still, there is no Biblical support for the seal of the confessional.

[ArrogantBustard]

Our priests and bishops are sure to give your personal interpretation of Scripture all the consideration it is due. Thank you for weighing in on this matter.

[The_Republican]

You know, abuse of Freedom to Worship is the wind beneath ACLU's wings.

Big enough tragedy would give them enough support to assault fifth Ammendment.

[Diva]

Still, there is no Biblical support for the seal of the confessional.

Of course there is but I guess you don't accept it.

[narses]

There is no Biblical support for the seal of the confessional. Indeed, there's no Biblical support for the Sacrament of Confession.

Can some of my learned friends in the Catholic Caucus correct this misinformation?

[Dajjal]

There is no Biblical support for the seal of the confessional. Indeed, there's no Biblical support for the Sacrament of Confession.

Here are two good summarizations of the support for Confession being a sacrament on the basis of Scripture and Apostolic Tradition.
http://www.scripturecatholic.com/confession.html
http://www.ourcatholicfaith.org/sacraments/penance.html

OTOH, MineralMan is correct that the Seal of Confession is based upon Catholic Canon Law governing the behavior of priests. It was doubtless an ancient custom -- it is hard to imagine the sacrament without it -- but the earliest written codifications I can find via the web seem to those of Gratian (c.1151) and the Fourth Lateran Council (1215). Gratian worked with older documents, but this article does not what they might be; one would need to look at the "Decretum" itself to find the citation.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13649b.htm

[VOYAGER]

"So where in God's law does it say that he has to protect Child Molestors? "

Nowhere.

There is no Biblical support for the seal of the confessional. Indeed, there's no Biblical support for the Sacrament of Confession.

This is a breath of fresh air and needed to be said.