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To: CondorFlight
Typically it's the victim, not the perpetrator, whose confidence would be broken by this.

The confessor is completely free to tell the penitent who confesses that he has abused someone that no absolution is possible unless he turns himself into the police, therefore, the abusers won't bother to confess their sins. (If they actually believed in the faith, they wouldn't abuse to begin with.)

The persons whose confidence the law will break, practically speaking, are the victims who mention abuse in confession.

8 posted on 05/10/2019 9:33:12 PM PDT by Campion ((marine dad))
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To: Campion; CondorFlight

What you are saying is: blame the victim.


37 posted on 05/11/2019 8:07:39 AM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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