This is about persecuting the faithful, not helping children. Any priest hearing such a confession would obviously withhold absolution from the penitent until he turned himself in. This is the Taoiseach as Henry VIII.
I’ve always been taught that priests must insist that criminals turn themselves into the police. No absolution without that. There’s a film with Monty Clift about this subject. Forget its title.
You are right. This is a Stalinist ploy to turn priests into tattletales for the State. Appalling.
Any priest hearing such a confession would obviously withhold absolution from the penitent until he turned himself in.
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BINGO! I know that and I’m not even Catholic.